The Ant-class gunboat was a class of twenty-four Royal Navy flat-iron gunboats mounting a single 10-inch gun, built between 1870 and 1880. They carried...
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The Wespe-class gunboats were a class of 11 armored gunboats of the Imperial German Navy. They were meant for the defence of the North Sea coast. AG Weser...
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wrecked in May 1850 and again in December 1857 HMS Cuckoo (1873), an Ant-class gunboat Sopwith Cuckoo, a World War I British biplane torpedo bomber Cukoo...
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Craft No.1, sold 1869. HMS Ant (1856) was a Cheerful-class gunboat, launched 1856, broken up 1869. HMS Ant (1862) was a gunboat, ex-merchant ship, bought...
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Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856, converted to a dredger and renamed YC29 in 1868, and sold in 1877. HMS Blazer (1870) was an Ant-class gunboat...
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Flat-iron gunboats (more formally known as Rendel gunboats) were a number of classes of coastal gunboats generally characterised by small size, low freeboard...
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a wooden Dapper-class gunboat launched in 1855, sold in 1868 to Japan and renamed Kaku Ten Kan. HMS Snap (1872), an Ant-class gunboat launched in 1872...
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would model a gunboat after the Staunch. For the Royal Navy this would become a gunboat armed with a 10 inch gun, the Ant-class gunboat. The Dutch navy...
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screw Albacore-class gunboat launched in 1856 and sold in 1870 as a salvage vessel. HMS Hyaena (1873) was an iron screw Ant-class gunboat launched in 1873...
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of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy. For gun-brigs see List of gun-brigs of the Royal Navy. Diana (1823) Mowhawk (1843) Bann class (1855)...
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HMSAS Afrikander (category Ant-class gunboats of the South African Navy)
HMS Tickler was a Royal Navy Gadfly-class flat-iron gunboat launched in 1879. She was transferred to Simon's Town in South Africa in 1885 and converted...
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an Ant-class gunboat launched in 1871, renamed C79 as a dockyard craft in 1904, and was listed until 1930. HMS Scourge (1910) was a Beagle-class destroyer...
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The Medina-class gunboat was a class of 12 Royal Navy Rendel (or "flat-iron") gunboats mounting three 6.3-inch guns, built between 1876 and 1877. Flat-iron...
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was an iron Ant-class screw gunboat launched in 1871 and sold in 1920, becoming a dredger. HMS Kite (U87) was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop launched...
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launched in 1845 and broken up in 1866. HMS Bloodhound (1871) was an Ant-class gunboat launched in 1871. She became a tender in 1905, a boom defence vessel...
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The Cheerful-class gunboat was a class of twenty gunboats built for the Royal Navy in 1855 for use in the Crimean War. The Cheerful class was designed...
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HMS Snake (1854) was an Arrow-class wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1864. HMS Snake (1871) was an Ant-class gunboat launched in 1871. She...
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was a Gleaner-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1854 and broken up by 1864. HMS Pincher (1879) was an Ant-class iron screw gunboat launched in 1879...
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was an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864. The seventh Pickle was an Ant-class iron screw gunboat launched in 1872...
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she was sold at Hong Kong in 1869. HMS Bustard (1871) was an Ant-class iron screw gunboat; listed until 1921 but possibly sold in November 1917. This article...
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HMS Gadfly (1856) was a Cheerful-class screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864. HMS Gadfly (1879) was an Ant-class flatiron gunboat launched in 1879. She...
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Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph. No. 4005. Portsmouth. 4 January 1871. "Launch of a Screw Gunboat". Glasgow Herald. No. 9679. Glasgow. 9 January 1871. "SHIPS BUILT IN THE...
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tug from 1861 and was sold in 1864. HMS Cuckoo (1873) was an Ant-class iron screw gunboat launched in 1873. She became a base ship in 1912 and was renamed...
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Company. 13 July United Kingdom Robinson Portsmouth Dockyard Plucky Ant-class gunboat For Royal Navy. 16 July United Kingdom T. R. Oswald Sunderland Bonnie...
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"SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 23". Searle. Retrieved 4 June 2024. "Launch of Two Gunboats at Pembroke Dock". Western Mail. No. 3118. Cardiff. 7 May 1879. "Ship Launch...
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For Anchor Line. 12 March United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Fidget Ant-class gunboat For Royal Navy. 12 March United Kingdom Messrs. John Fullarton &...
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Arrow-class wooden screw dispatch vessel launched at Leamouth on 26 June 1854 and sold on 19 May 1862. HMS Arrow (1871), an Ant-class iron gunboat launched...
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Navy in 1837 and was broken up in 1868. HMS Pike (1856) was an Ant-class iron screw gunboat launched in 1872. She became a boom defence vessel in 1908 and...
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HMS Bulldog (1872) was a third-class gunboat of the Ant class, sold for scrapping in 1906. The fifth HMS Bulldog (1909) was a Beagle-class destroyer scrapped in...
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launched in 1855 and sold in 1869. HMS Weazel (1873) was an Ant-class iron screw gunboat launched in 1873. She became an oil fuel lighter in 1904 and...
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