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'''H.M.S. ''Plucky''''' was a prototype flatiron gunboat built for the [[Royal Navy]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Plucky''''' ('''H.M.S. ''Banterer''''' after June, 1915) was a prototype flatiron gunboat built for the [[Royal Navy]].  
  
She was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Banterer''''' in June, 1915. A new destroyer took the name {{UK-Plucky|f=p}} in mid-1916.
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==Construction & Service==
 
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''Plucky'' was the first iron vessel built at [[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]].{{NMI|16 July 1870, p. 5}}
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The three Devonport-based gunboats {{UK-1Scourge}}, ''Plucky'' and {{UK-2Bulldog}} were among the ships invited to participate in the Queen's naval Jubilee at Portsmouth in 1887.{{NMI|11 May 1887; p. 9}}
 
The three Devonport-based gunboats {{UK-1Scourge}}, ''Plucky'' and {{UK-2Bulldog}} were among the ships invited to participate in the Queen's naval Jubilee at Portsmouth in 1887.{{NMI|11 May 1887; p. 9}}
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''Plucky'' was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Banterer''''' in June, 1915.  A new destroyer took the name {{UK-Plucky}} in mid-1916.
  
 
''Banterer'' paid off at Devonport 13 December 1918.{{NLFeb29|p. 216}}
 
''Banterer'' paid off at Devonport 13 December 1918.{{NLFeb29|p. 216}}

Revision as of 10:36, 19 January 2020

H.M.S. Plucky (1870)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[Citation needed]
Launched: 13 Jul, 1870[1]
Sold: 1928[2]

H.M.S. Plucky (H.M.S. Banterer after June, 1915) was a prototype flatiron gunboat built for the Royal Navy.

Construction & Service

Plucky was the first iron vessel built at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard.[3]

The three Devonport-based gunboats Scourge, Plucky and Bulldog were among the ships invited to participate in the Queen's naval Jubilee at Portsmouth in 1887.[4]

Plucky was renamed H.M.S. Banterer in June, 1915. A new destroyer took the name Plucky in mid-1916.

Banterer paid off at Devonport 13 December 1918.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 16 July 1870, p. 5.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  3. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 16 July 1870, p. 5.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 11 May 1887; p. 9.
  5. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 216.
  6. Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 507.
  7. Ross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 46.
  8. Ross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 46.
  9. Fraser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/7. f. ?.
  10. Fraser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/7. f. ?.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 392i.
  12. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/82/1375. f. 278.
  13. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/82/1375. f. 278.

Bibliography


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