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Revision as of 12:01, 19 March 2016

H.M.S. Firefly (1877)
Builder: Thomson[1]
Launched: 28 Jun, 1877[Citation needed]
Sold: 1931[2]
H.M.S. Firefly was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

She was working in boom defence in 1904. Renamed Egmont in 1914 or so and finally renamed Firefly 1 in March, 1923.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 220.
  4. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 220.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 393q.

Bibliography


Forester Class Gunboat
Cygnet Express Contest Sheldrake Mallard
Moorhen Foxhound Forward Firm Forester
  Firebrand Firefly  
<– Ariel Class Small Fry (UK) Medina Class –>
<– Ariel Class Gunboats (UK) Medina Class –>