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|launch=29 Aug, 1874{{CN}}
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|fate=Broken up
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Contest''''' was one of twelve [[Forester Class Gunboat (1874)|''Forester'' Class gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Contest''''' was one of twelve [[Forester Class Gunboat (1874)|''Forester'' Class gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].


==Service==
==Service==
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}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Woronzow Allen|nick=George W. Allen|appt=22 April, 1875{{NLJul76|p. 188}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Frederick Snowden|nick=William F. Snowden|appt=24 September, 1877{{NLOct78|p. 202}}|end=12 February, 1879|note=Court Martial at end}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas Edward Miller|nick=Thomas E. Miller|appt=17 March, 1879{{NMI|Tuesday, Mar 18, 1879; pg. 10; Issue 29518}}|end=7 May, 1879<ref>Miller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/376.|D7588085}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick Abel Moysey|nick=Frederick A. Moysey|appt=3 June, 1879{{NLDec81|p. 203}}|end=4 August, 1882}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick Abel Moysey|nick=Frederick A. Moysey|appt=19 August, 1882|end=19 December, 1882}}
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Latest revision as of 18:34, 31 March 2020

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. (July, 1876). p. 188.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 202.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Mar 18, 1879; pg. 10; Issue 29518.
  9. ↑ Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/376. f. ?.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 203.

Bibliography


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