Linnet, 1879
Type: Gun Vessel 2nd Class ; late Composite Gunvessel ; Armament 5
Launched : 1879 ; BM: tons ; Displacement: 770 tons
Propulsion: Double Screw
Machinery notes: 870 hpi
Notes:

1879 Building at Thames Shipbuilding Co., Blackwall

Apr 1886 China

25 Jan 1889 Re-commissioned at Hong Kong

1890 China

19 Jun 1900 Serving in Chinese waters during the Boxer Rebellion. Is serving on the Yang-tsze

Linnet, 1913
Type: Destroyer ; Armament 3-4 inch, 1-2 pdr. pom-pom, 1 M.G. 4-21 inch tubes in pairs.
Launched : 1913 ; Disposal date or year : 1921
Displacement: 970 tons
Notes:

5 Aug 1914 left Harwich as a part of the 3rd Flotilla, under the command of the Amphion, to carry out a search and sweep for enemy craft - Königen Louise sunk - see p. 132 www.naval-review.org/issues/1917.pdf.

6 Aug 1918 slightly damaged when Amphion exploded.