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Revision as of 16:43, 1 July 2019

H.M.S. Gannet (1878)
Builder: Sheerness Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 31 Aug, 1878[2]
Preserved:

H.M.S. Gannet was one of nine Doterel Class composite screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy. She was renamed H.M.S. President in the early 1900s. A river gunboat by the same name was launched in 1927.

Service

Commissioned at Sheerness on 3 September, 1885.[3]

Re-commissioned at Malta on 10 November, 1888.[4]

In early 1895, Dryad relieved Gannet in the Mediterranean, which returned to Englad to be taken out of service.[5]

The vessel was restored in 1987 to her 1888 appearance. She resides at Chatham Historic Dockyard.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 212.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 222.
  5. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, January 5, 1895, Issue 34466, p.10.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 209.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 222.
  8. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 445.

Bibliography


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