H.M.S. Forward (1877)

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H.M.S. Forward (1877)
Builder: Barrow Iron Shipbuilding[1]
Launched: 29 Jan, 1877[Citation needed]
Commissioned: 24 Oct, 1877[2]
Sold: 1903[3]
H.M.S. Forward was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 24 October, 1877.[4]

Commissioned at Sheerness on 20 November, 1883.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  2. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 213.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 213.
  5. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 212.
  6. Brickdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/447. f. ?.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 213.
  8. Brickdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/447. f. ?.
  9. Brickdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/447. f. ?.
  10. Brickdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/447. f. ?.
  11. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 212.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 209.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 217.

Bibliography


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