H.M.S. Spider (1887)

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H.M.S. Spider (1887)
Builder: Devonport[1]
Laid down: 9 Jun, 1886[2]
Launched: 17 Oct, 1887[3]
Completed: Dec, 1888[4]
Sold: 1903[5]

H.M.S. Spider was one of three Grasshopper Class torpedo gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Spider paid off on 11 November, 1896 after having a year spent training engineering students and participating in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1896.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  6. Whitehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/606. f. 1405.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue 32428, col A, p. 10.
  8. "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
  9. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999.
  11. Stoddart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 228.
  12. Stoddart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 589.
  13. Whitehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/606. f. 1405.
  14. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927.
  15. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  16. Whitehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/606. f. 1405.

Bibliography


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