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Revision as of 10:42, 24 September 2019

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

Commissioned at Devonport on 10 September, 1878.[3]

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. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 204.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 193.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 188.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 204.
  7. Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1106.
  8. Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1106.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 17, 1881; pg. 5; Issue 30120.
  10. Festing Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1113. f. ?.
  11. Festing Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1113. f. ?.

Bibliography


Ariel Class Composite Gunboat
Ariel Coquette Decoy Foam Goshawk
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<– Ant Class Gunboats (UK) Forester Class –>