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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alexander Edward Bethell|nick=The Hon. Alexander E. Bethell|appt=4 July, 1888{{NMI|Tuesday, 3 July, 1888.  Issue '''32428''', col A, p. 10}}|end=28 August, 1888|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1888]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Frederick Tower Hamilton|nick=Frederick T. Hamilton|appt=18 July, 1889{{ToL|The Naval Manœuvres|Monday, 15 July, 1889.  Issue '''32751''', col F, p. 3}}|end=|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1889]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Richard Bowles Farquhar|nick=Richard B. Farquhar|appt=21 January, 1892<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 41.</ref>|end=31 December, 1893<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 41.</ref>}}
 
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Latest revision as of 12:58, 3 September 2019

H.M.S. Sandfly (1887)
Builder: Devonport[1]
Laid down: 19 Apr, 1886[2]
Launched: 20 Sep, 1887[3]
Completed: Jul, 1888[4]
Commissioned: 24 June, 1890[5]
Sold: 1905[6]
H.M.S. Sandfly was one of three Grasshopper Class torpedo gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 24 June, 1890.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 251.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 251.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue 32428, col A, p. 10.
  9. "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 251.
  11. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 41.
  12. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 41.

Bibliography


Grasshopper Class Torpedo Gunboat
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