H.M.S. Ringdove (1889)

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H.M.S. Ringdove (1889)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 30 Apr, 1889[Citation needed]
Commissioned: 16 Sep, 1890[2]
Sold: 22 Jan, 1920[Citation needed]

H.M.S. Ringdove was one of nine gunboats of the Redbreast class completed for the Royal Navy around 1890.

Service

Ringdove was commissioned at Devonport on 16 September, 1890 under Lieutenant & Commander Edward Joseph Bain.[3]

Ringdove re-commissioned at Devonport on 14 July, 1911.[4]

In 1913, she was under the orders of the Admiral Commanding Coast Guard and Reserves.[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 113.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 249.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 249.
  4. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 367.
  5. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 270c.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 250.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 250.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 12 December, 1893. Issue 34132, col F, p. 5.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 12 December, 1893. Issue 34132, col F, p. 5.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 256.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 291.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 368.
  13. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 397n.

Bibliography


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