Name HMS Ringdove Fate Sold in 1920 Construction started 1 June 1888 Weight 817.9 tons Builder HMNB Devonport | Laid down 1 June 1888 Beam 31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) Launched 30 April 1889 Displacement 730,300 kg | |
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Class and type Redbreast-class gunboat Length 165 ft 0 in (50.3 m) pp | ||
HMS Ringdove was a Redbreast-class gunboat of the Royal Navy, built at Devonport Dockyard and launched on 30 April 1889.
She commenced service on the Australia Station on 5 March 1890, under the command of R. F. Ayscough. She left the Australia Station in February 1901 and returned to England, where she was paid of at Devonport 10 June 1901 and placed in the fleet reserve to be refit at Haulbowline. She became a tender to HMS Vernon and was converted into a salvage vessel in 1915 and was renamed HMS Melita.
Fate
She was sold to the Ship Salvage Corporation on 22 January 1920 and renamed Telima. She was broken up in 1926.
References
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