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Fancy, 1855
Type: Late Screw Gunboat ; Gunboat ; Armament 3
Launched : 31 Mar 1855 ;
Disposal date or year : 1905
BM: 232 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 60 hp
Notes:
1855 Black Sea
All gunboats from 1 Jan 1856, are to be commissioned as independent commands with a crew of 36 men and officers.
1870 Tender to Asia, Portsmouth
1879 Late Screw Gunboat ; used as a Drying-room for St. Vincent. Portsmouth.
1890 Used as a Drying-room for St. Vincent. Portsmouth.
Fandango, 1919
Type: Minesweeper ; Armament : 1 - 3 pdr. AA.
Displacement: 280 tons
Borrowed from War Office : Oct 1918 ;
Disposal date or year : 3 Jul 1919
Disposal Details : Mined in the Dvina River, North Russia, losing one officer and five men killed.
Complement: 22-26
Notes:
Winter 1918-1919 prepared for service in the seas and Rivers of North Russia - see p. 134-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1921-1.pdf
31 May 1919 departed up the River Dvina - replaced the troops which had wintered on the river and prepared for further operations - see p. 137->.
20 Jun 1919 for the next week we were busy tackling the enemy's minefield - see p. 139->.
8 Jul 1919 struck a mine laid up-stream of a rock, which precluding any warning that a mine was there, killing an officer and several of the crew - see p 145->.