H.M.S. Mosquito (1871)

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H.M.S. Mosquito (1871)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 9 Dec, 1871[Citation needed]
Sold: 1888[2]
H.M.S. Mosquito was one of nine Ariel Class composite gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Mosquito was built at a cost of £13,800.[3]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 25 January, 1879.[4]

In 1886, she was in Devonport as part of the Fourth Class Reserve.[5]

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.[6]

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. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 226.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 224.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 194.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 190.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 225.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 226.

Bibliography


Ariel Class Composite Gunboat
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