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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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Revision as of 20:40, 16 November 2018

H.M.S. Express (1874)
Builder: William Doxford & Sons[1]
Launched: 16 Jul, 1874[Citation needed]
Sold: 1889[2]

H.M.S. Express was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 10 August, 1875.[3]

Commissioned at Devonport on 14 February, 1884.[4]

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. (October, 1878). p. 210.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1875). p. 189.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 210.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.

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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