H.M.S. Osprey (1876)
From The Dreadnought Project
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
H.M.S. Osprey (1876) | |
---|---|
Builder: | Sheerness Royal Dockyard[1] |
Launched: | 5 Aug, 1876[2] |
Sold: | 1890[3] |
H.M.S. Osprey was one of five Osprey Class composite screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Commissioned at Sheerness on 19 September, 1882 under Commander Herbert Ward Dowding.[4]
Captains
- Commander Herbert W. Dowding, 19 September, 1882[5][6] – 12 April, 1886[7]
- Commander Charles E. Gissing, 10 April, 1886[8] – 5 June, 1889[9]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 228.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 370.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 228.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 370.
- ↑ Gissing Service Record, in our PDF for George Augustus Giffard. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 516.
- ↑ Gissing Service Record, in our PDF for George Augustus Giffard. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 516.
Bibliography
Osprey Class Composite Screw Sloop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Osprey | Cormorant | Pelican | Wild Swan | Penguin |