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Upon completion in November 1872, ''Bulldog'' and her sister {{UK-Pike}} joined the first division of the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth.{{NMI|19 November, 1872; p. 3}}
 
Upon completion in November 1872, ''Bulldog'' and her sister {{UK-Pike}} joined the first division of the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth.{{NMI|19 November, 1872; p. 3}}
  
The three Devonport-based gunboats {{UK-Scourge}}, {{UK-Plucky}} and ''Bulldog'' were among the ships invited to participate in the Queen's naval Jubilee at Portsmouth in 1887.{{NMI|11 May 1887; p. 9}}
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The three Devonport-based gunboats {{UK-1Scourge}}, {{UK-1Plucky}} and ''Bulldog'' were among the ships invited to participate in the Queen's naval Jubilee at Portsmouth in 1887.{{NMI|11 May 1887; p. 9}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 09:36, 21 September 2019

H.M.S. Bulldog (1872)
Builder: Campbell Johnston[1]
Launched: 17 Sep, 1872[2]
Sold: 17 Jun, 1906[3]
H.M.S. Bulldog was one of twenty-four Ant class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy. There was also a Beagle class destroyer named H.M.S. Bulldog launched in 1909.

Service

Upon completion in November 1872, Bulldog and her sister Pike joined the first division of the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth.[4]

The three Devonport-based gunboats Scourge, Plucky and Bulldog were among the ships invited to participate in the Queen's naval Jubilee at Portsmouth in 1887.[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 281.
  2. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 281.
  3. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 281.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 19 November, 1872; p. 3.
  5. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 11 May 1887; p. 9.

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 –>