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HMS Nymphe (1888)

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HMS Nymphe was a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop and the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was renamed HMS Wildfire in 1906, HMS Gannet in 1916, and finally HMS Pembroke in 1917, before she was sold in 1920.

Construction and service history

Developed and constructed for the Royal Navy on a design by William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction, she was launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 1 May 1888,[1]

Commander Richard Bowles Farquhar was in command until 16 February 1900, when she paid off at Portsmouth for repairs.[2]

From Aug 1914 she was a Shore training ship at Sheerness.

References

  1. ^ Naval sloops
  2. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36068. London. 17 February 1900. p. 11. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
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