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Revision as of 17:44, 16 November 2018

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. ↑ "Rear-Admiral Sir John Hext - Service in the East" (Obituaries). The Times (London). Friday, 9 May 1924. (43647), col C, p. 16.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 204.
  6. ↑ Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1106.
  7. ↑ Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1106.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 17, 1881; pg. 5; Issue 30120.
  9. ↑ Festing Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1113. f. ?.
  10. ↑ Festing Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1113. f. ?.

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 –>
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