HMS Sheldrake

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Sheldrake, 1889
Type: Torpedo Gun Boat ; late Gun Boat, 1st Class ; Armament 2 x 4.7 " ; 4 x 3 pdr ; TT
Launched : 30 Mar 1889 ; Disposal date or year : 1907
Disposal Details : Sold for scrap
Displacement: 735 tons
Propulsion: Twin screw Complement: 91
Machinery notes: 4,200 ND ; 6,000 FD ; Speed ; 19 knots ;
Notes:

1890 Chatham. Officers borne in "Pembroke"

27 Jun 1900 Portsmouth. Orders received for vessels to be specially commissioned for a naval mobilization to take place on Tuesday, July 10th - see Colossus for details.


Shellian, Admiralty Trawler No. ???, 1914
Type: Trawler ; Armament: unarmed
Requisitioned as Admiralty Minesweeper : Nov 1914 ? ;
Notes:

8 Jun 1915 sunk by French transport [in the Dardanelles] - see p 24 www.naval-review.org/issues/1918.pdf.