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Revision as of 15:30, 2 August 2017

H.M.S. Firebrand (1877)
Builder: Thomson[1]
Launched: 30 Apr, 1877[Citation needed]
Sold: 1905[2]

H.M.S. Firebrand was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 6 May, 1884.[3]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  3. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.
  4. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 220.
  6. Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1335.
  7. Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1335.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 224.

Bibliography


Forester Class Gunboat
Cygnet Express Contest Sheldrake Mallard
Moorhen Foxhound Forward Firm Forester
  Firebrand Firefly  
<– Ariel Class Small Fry (UK) Medina Class –>
<– Ariel Class Gunboats (UK) Medina Class –>