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==Service==
==Service==


Built at a cost of £15,400.{{NMI|Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912}}
Built at a cost of £15,400.{{NMI|Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912}}  She commissioned at Devonport on 22 April, 1875.{{NLOct78|p. 202}}


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}}
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}}
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==Captains==
==Captains==
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Revision as of 15:35, 16 November 2018

H.M.S. Contest (1874)
Builder: William Doxford & Sons[1]
Launched: 29 Aug, 1874[Citation needed]
Broken up: 1889[2]

H.M.S. Contest was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Built at a cost of £15,400.[3] She commissioned at Devonport on 22 April, 1875.[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. 112.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 202.
  5. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 202.

Bibliography


Forester Class Gunboat
Cygnet Express Contest Sheldrake Mallard
Moorhen Foxhound Forward Firm Forester
  Firebrand Firefly  
<– Ariel Class Small Fry (UK) Medina Class –>
<– Ariel Class Gunboats (UK) Medina Class –>
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