H.M.S. Cygnet (1874)

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H.M.S. Cygnet (1874)
Builder: William Doxford & Sons[1]
Launched: 30 May, 1874[Citation needed]
Broken up: 1889[2]
H.M.S. Cygnet was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Cygnet commissioned at Devonport on 8 July, 1875.[3]

Re-commissioned at Malta on 1 February, 1883.[4]

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. 203.
  4. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 204.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 188.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 203.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 204.
  8. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 685.
  9. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 685.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 204.
  11. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 204.
  12. Lindesay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/39. f. 794.
  13. Lindesay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/39. f. 794.

Bibliography


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