Gunboats


HMS Bullfrog


TypeComposite Screw Gunboat
ClassBanterer
Built1881
Speed9.5 Knots
Weight465 tons
Dimensions125 feet long, 23.5 foot beam
Armament2 x 64pdr MLR and 2 x 20pdr BL
Crew60
FateShe was sold off in 1933
NotesIn 1894 she sailed to Malta to act in harbour service. She was renamed the Egmont in 1923 and St Angelo in 1933 just before she was sold off.


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by Stephen Luscombe