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− | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Laurence Anthony Bell|nick=Laurence A. Bell|appt=15 April, 1872{{NMI|16 Apr. 1872, p. 5}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Laurence Anthony Bell|nick=Laurence A. Bell|appt=15 April, 1872{{NMI|16 Apr. 1872, p. 5}}|end=1874|precBy=New Command}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Chapman Walker|nick=Henry C. Walker|appt=20 May, 1874{{NLJul76|p. 189}}|end=26 September, 1876|note=invalided}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Chapman Walker|nick=Henry C. Walker|appt=20 May, 1874{{NLJul76|p. 189}}|end=26 September, 1876|note=invalided}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard William Hope|nick=Richard W. Hope|appt=c. 1878{{NMI|10 July 1878, p. 5}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard William Hope|nick=Richard W. Hope|appt=c. 1878{{NMI|10 July 1878, p. 5}}|end=}} |
Revision as of 17:52, 1 March 2021
H.M.S. Foam (1871) | |
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Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
Launched: | 29 Aug, 1871[Citation needed] |
Commissioned: | 15 Apr, 1872[2] |
Broken up: | 1887[3] |
H.M.S. Foam was one of nine Ariel Class composite gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Built at a cost of £13,916.[4]
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.[5]
Captains
- Lieutenant & Commander Laurence A. Bell, 15 April, 1872[6] – 1874
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry C. Walker, 20 May, 1874[7] – 26 September, 1876 (invalided)
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard W. Hope, c. 1878[8]
- Lieutenant & Commander Julian A. Baker, 15 June, 1880[9] – 29 June, 1883
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 16 Apr. 1872, p. 5.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 16 Apr. 1872, p. 5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 189.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 10 July 1878, p. 5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1883). p. 213.
Bibliography
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