H.M.S. Mastiff (1871)

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H.M.S. Mastiff (1871)
Builder: Armstrong[1]
Launched: 4 Apr, 1871[2]
Sold: 28 Nov, 1931[3]

H.M.S. Mastiff was one of six Ant class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Mastiff spent most of her career at Portsmouth, usually being listed as a tender to Excellent.[4][5]

She was renamed Snapper in early 1914 to clear her original name for a new destroyer, and was on the Sale List by early 1915.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  4. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1891), p. 234.
  5. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1907), p. 408.
  6. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915), p. 410-17.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1891), p. 234.

Bibliography


Ant Class Gunboat
Ant Class
Ant Arrow Badger Blazer Bloodhound
Bonetta Bulldog Bustard Comet Cuckoo
Fidget Hyaena Kite Mastiff Pickle
Pike Scourge Snake Snap Weazel
Gadfly Class
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