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Revision as of 14:51, 7 February 2017
H.M.S. Firefly was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.Service
She was working in boom defence in 1904. Renamed Egmont in 1914 or so and finally renamed Firefly 1 in March, 1923.
Captains
- Lieutenant & Commander George H. Cherry, 6 January, 1887[3]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry Harris, 7 January, 1889[4]
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald P. Cochran, 4 January, 1892[5] – 1892
- Lieutenant & Commander Augustus L. K. Knapton, 1 January, 1893[6]
- Captain George B. Powell, 13 March, 1913[7]
- Lieutenant in Command Christopher J. F. Eddis, – 1 December, 1915[8] (ship stranded and captured under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 208.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 220.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 220.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394b.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 47.
Bibliography
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