H.M.S. Express (1874)

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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

During much of the 1870s, the ship bore the Senior Officer, Gibraltar, who was typically a captain. However, a Lieutenant & Commander was appointed to the ship itself.

Express was commissioned at Devonport on 10 August, 1875.[3]

She commissioned at Devonport on 14 February, 1884[4] under the command of Lieutenant Vesey Knox, who took her to the Mediterranean. Upon being relieved by Dolphin in mid-1884, he took the ship the North America and West Indies Station.[5]

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. (July, 1884). p. 211.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 188.
  7. Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1589. f. ?.
  8. Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1589. f. ?.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 211.
  10. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.

Bibliography


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