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==Service==
==Service==
''Mosquito'' was built at a cost of £13,800.{{NMI|Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912}}
Re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 25 January, 1879.{{NLOct81|p. 226}}
In 1886, she was in Devonport as part of the Fourth Class Reserve.{{NLJul86|p. 224}}
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=William Henry Bond|nick=William H. Bond|appt=30 October, 1872{{NLJul73|p. 194}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Henry Paul|nick=Robert H. Paul|appt=22 November, 1873{{NLJul76|p. 190}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Arthur Gordon Grey|nick=George A. G. Grey|appt=4 October, 1877{{NLOct78|p. 225}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Robert Sandilands|nick=The Hon. Francis R. Sandilands|appt=14 September, 1880{{NLOct81|p. 226}}|end=7 November, 1882}}
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Latest revision as of 14:46, 24 September 2019

H.M.S. Mosquito (1871)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 9 Dec, 1871[Citation needed]
Sold: 1888[2]

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

Service

Mosquito was built at a cost of £13,800.[3]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 25 January, 1879.[4]

In 1886, she was in Devonport as part of the Fourth Class Reserve.[5]

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.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 226.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 224.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 194.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 190.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 225.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 226.

Bibliography


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