H.M.S. Foam (1871)

H.M.S. Foam (1871)
Builder:	Pembroke Royal Dockyard^[1]
Launched:	29 Aug, 1871^{[Citation needed]}
Broken up:	1887^[2]

H.M.S. Foam was one of nine Ariel Class composite gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Built at a cost of £13,916.^[3]

By November, 1886, she was identified as one of forty-one vessels of various types the Navy had decided to dispose of due to their lack of practical value in the event of war.^[4]

Captains

Lieutenant (in Command?) Henry C. Walker, 20 May, 1874^[5]

Footnotes

↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
↑ The Monthly Navy List. (June, 1875). p. 189.