H.M.S. Sandfly (1887)

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H.M.S. Sandfly (1887)
Builder: Devonport[1]
Laid down: 19 Apr, 1886[2]
Launched: 20 Sep, 1887[3]
Completed: Jul, 1888[4]
Commissioned: 24 June, 1890[5]
Sold: 1905[6]

H.M.S. Sandfly was one of three Grasshopper Class torpedo gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 24 June, 1890.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 251.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 251.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue 32428, col A, p. 10.
  9. "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 251.
  11. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 41.
  12. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 41.

Bibliography


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