J. & G. Thomson

J. & G. Thomson was a British shipbuilding concern which built destroyers for the Royal Navy until being acquired by John Brown & Company in 1899. Operation then continued under the Brown name.

Shipbuilding

Ship	Type	Launched	Fate
H.M.S. Firebrand	gunboat	30 Apr, 1877	Sold 1905
H.M.S. Firefly	gunboat	28 Jun, 1877	Sold 1931
H.M.S. Scout	torpedo cruiser	30 Jul, 1885	Sold 1904
H.M.S. Archer	torpedo cruiser	23 Dec, 1885	Sold 1905
H.M.S. Mohawk	torpedo cruiser	6 Feb, 1886	Sold 1905
H.M.S. Brisk	torpedo cruiser	8 Apr, 1886	Sold 1906
H.M.S. Porpoise	torpedo cruiser	7 May, 1886	Sold 1905
H.M.S. Cossack	torpedo cruiser	3 Jun, 1886	Sold 1905
H.M.S. Tartar	torpedo cruiser	28 Oct, 1886	Sold 1906
U.S.S. Harvard	armed merchant cruiser	15 Mar, 1888	Returned 2 Sep, 1898
U.S.S. Yale	armed merchant cruiser	23 Oct, 1888	Returned 2 Sep, 1898
H.M.S. Tauranga	third class protected cruiser	28 Oct, 1889	Sold 1906
H.M.S. Ringarooma	third class protected cruiser	10 Dec, 1889	Sold 1906
H.M.S. Terpsichore	second class protected cruiser	30 Oct, 1890	Sold 1914
H.M.S. Thetis	second class protected cruiser	13 Dec, 1890	Blockship 23 Apr, 1918
H.M.S. Tribune	second class protected cruiser	24 Feb, 1891	Sold 1911
H.M.S. Ramillies	pre-dreadnought	1 Mar, 1892	Sold 1913
H.M.S. Rocket	destroyer	14 Aug, 1894	Broken up 1912
H.M.S. Shark	destroyer	22 Sep, 1894	Broken up 1911
H.M.S. Surly	destroyer	10 Nov, 1894	Broken up 1920
H.M.S. Terrible	first class protected cruiser	27 May, 1895	Sold Jul, 1932
H.M.S. Jupiter	pre-dreadnought	18 Nov, 1895	Sold 15 Jan, 1920
H.M.S. Brazen	destroyer	3 Jul, 1896	Broken up 1919
H.M.S. Electra	destroyer	14 Jul, 1896	Broken up 1920
H.M.S. Recruit	destroyer	22 Aug, 1896	Torpedoed 1 May, 1915
U.S.S. Mayflower	armed yacht	17 Nov, 1896	Sold 19 Oct, 1931
H.M.S. Europa	first class protected cruiser	20 Mar, 1897	Sold 15 Sep, 1920
H.M.S. Vulture	destroyer	22 Mar, 1898	Broken up 1919
H.M.S. Kestrel	destroyer	25 Mar, 1898	Broken up 1921
H.M.S. Ariadne	first class protected cruiser	22 Apr, 1898	Torpedoed 26 Jul, 1917
H.M.S. Arab	destroyer	9 Feb, 1901	Broken up 1919
H.M.S. P28	patrol boat	6 Mar, 1916	Sold Jul, 1923
H.M.S. P49	patrol boat	19 Apr, 1917	Sold Jan, 1923

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Burt, R. A. (1986). British Battleships of World War One. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).