Firefly, 1879
Type: Gun Boat 2nd Class ; late Composite Gunboat ; Armament 4
Displacement: 455 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 360 hpi
Notes:
5 Jun 1879 Commissioned at Devonport
1879 About to proceed to the Cape and West Coast of Africa
Apr 1886 Harwich
1890 Harwich. Tender to "Hotspur. Officers borne in Hostspur.