H.M.S. Swallow (1885)

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H.M.S. Swallow (1885)
Builder: Sheerness Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 1 Jan, 1885[2]
Launched: 27 Oct, 1885[3]
Commissioned: 7 Oct, 1886[4]
Sold: 1904[5]

H.M.S. Swallow was one of four Nymphe Class screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

The ship paid off at the Cape of Good Hope on 4 March, 1890 and was re-commissioned the following day.[6][7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  4. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 232.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  6. Fortescue Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/458. f. 470.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 256.
  8. Fortescue Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/458. f. 470.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 232.
  10. Fortescue Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/458. f. 470.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 256.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 258.
  13. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 267.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 300.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 302.

Bibliography


Nymphe Class Screw Sloop
  Nymphe Buzzard Daphne Swallow