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Type | Torpedo Gunboat |
Class | Halcyon (or Dryad) |
Built | 1894 |
Speed | 18.2 Knots |
Weight | 1,070 tons |
Armament | 4 x 6pdr, 1 x Nordenfeldt MG, 5 x Torpedo Tubes |
Crew | 120 |
Fate | In 1921 she was sold to a Welsh company for commerical use. |
Notes | After spending some years in the Mediteranean, she was transferred to fishery protection duties. Then she was used at the Navigation school in Portsmouth. At the outbreak of World War I, she was converted to a minesweeper. |
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