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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
| + | Built at a cost of £20,246.{{NMI|Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912}} | ||
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| + | 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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| H.M.S. Moorhen (1875) | |
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| Builder: | Robert Napier & Sons[1] |
| Launched: | 13 Sep, 1875[Citation needed] |
| Sold: | 1888[2] |
H.M.S. Moorhen was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Built at a cost of £20,246.[3]
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.[4]
Captains
- Lieutenant & Commander William M. Carey, 28 July, 1877[5]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 225.
Bibliography
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