H.M.S. Bonetta (1871)

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H.M.S. Bonetta (1871)
Builder: Rennie
Launched: 20 May, 1871[1]
Sold: 12 January, 1909[2]

H.M.S. Bonetta was one of twenty-four gunboats of the Ant class. She was sold before the First World War.

Service

In 1903 she was serving as a tender to Defiance at Devonport.[3]

In July 1908 she was detailed to assist in efforts to salvage the wrecked second class protected cruiser Gladiator.[4]

She was sold out of service on 21 January, 1909 and became the civilian salvage vessel Disperser. She was lost off Whitby on 8 February, 1934 during a gale while being towed by the tugboat Trover with the loss of one member of the crew from injuries.[5][6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 281.
  2. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 281.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1904). pp. 286, 300.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 407.
  5. DISPERSER SALVAGE VESSEL (EX-GUNBOAT) 1871-1934
  6. Lyon and Winfield, p. 281, mistakenly list her as being lost in April 1940, confusing the erstwhile Bonetta with a later salvage vessel also named Disperser. For the later vessel see Cromarty Image Library - Loss of the Disperser
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 286.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 395a.
  9. Bumpus Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/35/219. f. 588

Bibliography


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