H.M.S. Firefly (1915)

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H.M.S. Firefly (1915)
Builder: Yarrow[1]
Ordered: 2 1915[2]
Launched: 23 Oct, 1915[3]
Commissioned: Nov, 1915[4]
Sunk: 14 Jun, 1924[5]
Fate: on Euphrates
H.M.S. Firefly was one of 16 gunboats of the Fly class.

Service

Launched at Abadan.

Firefly was captured by the Turks after she was abandoned on 1 December, 1915 after suffering a shell hit to her boiler. Firefly, in enemy hands, "made some good shooting" at a variety of R.N. vessels pressing up the river in February, 1917. Recaptured after a heavy exchange of fire, the vessel was placed under temporary command of Lieutenant John P. Bradley, R.N.R. of H.M.S. Proserpine.[6]

Paid off 16 March, 1918.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
  3. [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-50-HMS_Alert.htm Ship's log of Alert.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
  6. "Supplement To The London Gazette, Sept. 21." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Sep 22, 1917; pg. 4; Issue 41590.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 774.
  8. Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.
  9. Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.
  10. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393u.

Bibliography


Fly Class Gunboat
First Order
Butterfly Cranefly Dragonfly Firefly Gadfly
Grayfly Greenfly Mayfly Sawfly Snakefly
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Second Order
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