H.M.S. Zephyr (1873)

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H.M.S. Zephyr (1873)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 11 Feb, 1873[Citation needed]
Sold: 1889[2]

H.M.S. Zephyr was one of nine Ariel Class composite gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Re-commissioned at Halifax on 27 September, 187X.[3]

Zephyr was re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 12 December, 1883 under the command of Lieutenant & Commander Charles Kerr Hope for service on the China Station.[4]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  3. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 254. Date partially obscured.
  4. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 248.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 192.
  6. Le Cocq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/228. f. 227.
  7. Le Cocq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/228. f. 227.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 254.
  9. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 248.

Bibliography


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