H.M.S. Plover (1888)
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H.M.S. Plover (1888) | |
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Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
Launched: | 18 Oct, 1888[Citation needed] |
Commissioned: | 3 Jul, 1889[2] |
Sold: | 27 Apr, 1927[Citation needed] |
H.M.S. Plover was one of six gunboats of the Pigmy class.
Service
She was commissioned at Devonport on 3 July, 1889. By 1891, she was assigned to the China Station.[3]
In 1913, she was in Gibraltar, busy with boom defence.[4]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Lewis K. Bell, 3 January, 1891[5]
- Lieutenant in Command Francis C. B. Addington, 1 September, 1892[6] – 26 November, 1895[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 113.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 420.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 244.
- ↑ Addington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/10. f. 17.
- ↑ Addington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/10. f. 17.
Bibliography
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