H.M.S. Swift (1879)

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H.M.S. Swift (1879)
Builder: Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[1]
Launched: 1879[2]
Sold: 1902[3]
H.M.S. Swift was one of two Linnet Class gunvessels completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 15 August, 1884 under Commander Arthur C. B. Bromley for service on the China Station.[4]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  4. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 239.
  5. Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/16. f. 15.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 243.
  7. Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/16. f. 15.
  8. Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/16. f. 15.
  9. Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/16. f. 15.
  10. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 239.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 256.


Linnet Class Gunvessel
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