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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alexander Edward Bethell|nick=The Hon. Alexander E. Bethell|appt=4 July, 1888{{NMI|Tuesday, 3 July, 1888.  Issue '''32428''', col A, p. 10}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1888]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alexander Edward Bethell|nick=The Hon. Alexander E. Bethell|appt=4 July, 1888{{NMI|Tuesday, 3 July, 1888.  Issue '''32428''', col A, p. 10}}|end=28 August, 1888|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1888]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Paul Warner Bush|nick=Paul W. Bush|appt=24 June, 1890{{NLMar91|p. 251}}|end=16 February, 1892|precBy=New Command|note=participated in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1890]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Paul Warner Bush|nick=Paul W. Bush|appt=24 June, 1890{{NLMar91|p. 251}}|end=16 February, 1892|precBy=New Command|note=participated in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1890]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Richard Bowles Farquhar|nick=Richard B. Farquhar|appt=21 January, 1892<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 41.</ref>|end=31 December, 1893<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 41.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Richard Bowles Farquhar|nick=Richard B. Farquhar|appt=21 January, 1892<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 41.</ref>|end=31 December, 1893<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 41.</ref>}}

Revision as of 13:00, 3 September 2019

H.M.S. Sandfly (1887)
Builder: Devonport[1]
Laid down: 19 Apr, 1886[2]
Launched: 20 Sep, 1887[3]
Completed: Jul, 1888[4]
Commissioned: 24 June, 1890[5]
Sold: 1905[6]

H.M.S. Sandfly was one of three Grasshopper Class torpedo gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 24 June, 1890.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 251.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 251.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue 32428, col A, p. 10.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 251.
  10. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 41.
  11. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 41.

Bibliography


Grasshopper Class Torpedo Gunboat
  Grasshopper Sandfly Spider  
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