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Built at a cost of £20,000.{{NMI|Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912}}
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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.{{NMI|Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912}}
  
 
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H.M.S. Sheldrake (1875)
Builder: Robert Napier & Sons[1]
Launched: 3 Jul, 1875[Citation needed]
Sold: 1906[2]
H.M.S. Sheldrake was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Built at a cost of £20,000.[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]

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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. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.

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 –>
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