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{{Tenure|rank=={{LiCRN}}|name=John Hext|nick=John Hext|appt=1872<ref>"Rear-Admiral Sir John Hext - Service in the East" (Obituaries). The Times (London). Friday, 9 May 1924. (43647), col C, p. 16.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Ricketts|nick=William Ricketts|appt=14 February, 1881<ref>Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1106.</ref>|end=18 March, 1881<ref>Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1106.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Ricketts|nick=William Ricketts|appt=14 February, 1881<ref>Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1106.</ref>|end=18 March, 1881<ref>Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1106.</ref>}}
 
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Revision as of 13:52, 2 September 2015

H.M.S. Decoy (1871)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 12 Oct, 1871[Citation needed]
Sold: 1885[2]
H.M.S. Decoy was one of nine Ariel Class composite gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  3. "Rear-Admiral Sir John Hext - Service in the East" (Obituaries). The Times (London). Friday, 9 May 1924. (43647), col C, p. 16.
  4. Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1106.
  5. Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1106.

Bibliography


Ariel Class Composite Gunboat
Ariel Coquette Decoy Foam Goshawk
  Merlin Mosquito Swinger Zephyr  
<– Ant Class Small Fry (UK) Forester Class –>
<– Ant Class Gunboats (UK) Forester Class –>