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− | ''Mastiff'' | + | In April, 1890, ''Mastiff'' was at Portsmouth, as a tender to the {{UK-Excellent|f=tp}} under {{GunnerRN}} [[James Benjamin Manners]], though he is not expressly noted as being "in Command". |
− | She was renamed ''Snapper'' in early 1914 to clear her original name for a new destroyer, and was on the Sale List by early 1915.{{NLJan15|p. 410-17}} | + | ''Mastiff'' would spend most of her career at Portsmouth as a tender to {{UK-Excellent}}.{{NLApr91|p. 234}}{{NLJan07|p. 408}} |
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+ | She was renamed ''Snapper'' in early 1914 to clear her original name for [[H.M.S. Mastiff (1914)|a new destroyer]], and was on the Sale List by early 1915.{{NLJan15|p. 410-17}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== |
Revision as of 14:23, 16 November 2018
H.M.S. Mastiff (1871) | |
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Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[1] |
Launched: | 4 Apr, 1871[2] |
Sold: | 28 Nov, 1931[3] |
H.M.S. Mastiff was one of six Ant class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
In April, 1890, Mastiff was at Portsmouth, as a tender to the gunnery training school H.M.S. Excellent under Gunner James Benjamin Manners, though he is not expressly noted as being "in Command".
Mastiff would spend most of her career at Portsmouth as a tender to Excellent.[4][5]
She was renamed Snapper in early 1914 to clear her original name for a new destroyer, and was on the Sale List by early 1915.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
Ant Class Gunboat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ant Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ant | Arrow | Badger | Blazer | Bloodhound | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bonetta | Bulldog | Bustard | Comet | Cuckoo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fidget | Hyaena | Kite | Mastiff | Pickle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pike | Scourge | Snake | Snap | Weazel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gadfly Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gadfly | Griper | Pincher | Tickler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
<– | H.M.S. Plucky | Small Fry (UK) | Ariel Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
<– | H.M.S. Plucky | Gunboats (UK) | Ariel Class | –> |