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|builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 111}}
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==Service==
==Service==
Built at a cost of £13,916.{{NMI|Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912}}
By November, 1886, she was identified as one of forty-one vessels of various types the Navy had decided to dispose of due to their lack of practical value in the event of war.{{NMI|Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Laurence Anthony Bell|nick=Laurence A. Bell|appt=15 April, 1872{{NMI|16 Apr. 1872, p. 5}}|end=1874|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Chapman Walker|nick=Henry C. Walker|appt=20 May, 1874{{NLJul76|p. 189}}|end=26 September, 1876|note=invalided}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard William Hope|nick=Richard W. Hope|appt=25 November, 1876<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/399.|}} f. 397.</ref>|end=24 July, 1878<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/399.|}} f. 397.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Julian Alleyne Baker|nick=Julian A. Baker|appt=15 June, 1880{{NLApr83|p. 213}}|end=29 June, 1883|note=to take command upon commissioning}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Colburne Higgins|nick=George C. Higgins|appt=4 July, 1883<ref>Higgins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/233.|}} f. 232.</ref>|end=24 June, 1884<ref>Higgins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/233.|}} f. 232.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 18:21, 1 March 2021

H.M.S. Foam (1871)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 29 Aug, 1871[Citation needed]
Commissioned: 15 Apr, 1872[2]
Broken up: 1887[3]

H.M.S. Foam was one of nine Ariel Class composite gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Built at a cost of £13,916.[4]

By November, 1886, she was identified as one of forty-one vessels of various types the Navy had decided to dispose of due to their lack of practical value in the event of war.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 16 Apr. 1872, p. 5.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
  5. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 16 Apr. 1872, p. 5.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 189.
  8. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/399. f. 397.
  9. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/399. f. 397.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1883). p. 213.
  11. ↑ Higgins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/233. f. 232.
  12. ↑ Higgins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/233. f. 232.

Bibliography


Ariel Class Composite Gunboat
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