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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Henry Edye|nick=William H. Edye|appt=1 January, 1878{{NLOct78|p. 210}}|end=|note=and as Senior Officer, [[Gibraltar]]}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Robert Fremantle|nick=Edmund R. Fremantle|appt=10 January, 1881<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14/109.|D7587281}} f. ?.</ref>|end=9 November, 1881<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14/109.|D7587281}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, [[Gibraltar]]}}
 
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Revision as of 10:43, 24 September 2019

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

Commissioned at Devonport on 10 August, 1875.[3]

Commissioned at Devonport on 14 February, 1884.[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. 210.
  4. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 188.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 210.
  7. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14/109. f. ?.
  8. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14/109. f. ?.
  9. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.

Bibliography


Forester Class Gunboat
Cygnet Express Contest Sheldrake Mallard
Moorhen Foxhound Forward Firm Forester
  Firebrand Firefly  
<– Ariel Class Small Fry (UK) Medina Class –>
<– Ariel Class Gunboats (UK) Medina Class –>