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| Name | Foam (1871) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunboat | ||
| Launched | 29 August 1871 | ||
| Hull | Composite | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | |||
| Displacement | 430 tons | ||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1887 | ||
| Class | Ariel | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/183 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 25 November 1876 - 24 July 1878 | Commanded (until paying off at Spithead) by Lieutenant Richard William Hope, south-east coast of America | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Fr 5 July 1878 | The following vessels are under orders to return home from their respective stations, to be paid off and put out of commission:—The Bullfinch, 3, double-screw gun vessel, Commander Rodney M. Lloyd, from North America and West Indies. This vessel is ordered to Devonport; she was commissioned at Sheerness on the 13th of July, 1874. The Curlew, 3, double-screw gun vessel, Commander William M’C. Castle, ordered to Spithead from China. This vessel was re-commissioned at Hongkong on the 1st of December, 1874. The Fantome, 4, screw composite sloop, Commander Thomas M. Maquay, from the Pacific, ordered to Devonport, at which port she was commissioned on the 5th of December. 1873. The Flying Fish, 4, composite steam sloop, Commander Herbert M. Crohan, ordered to Spithead from the Mediterranean; this vessel was commissioned at Chatham on the 18th of June, 1874. The Foam, 4, screw composite gun boat, Lieutenant Commanding Richard W. Hope, ordered to Spithead from the south-east coast of America. This vessel was commissioned at Sheerness on the 20th of May, 1874. The Shah, 26, iron steam frigate, cased with wood, Capt. Frederick G.D. Bedford, flagship of Rear-Admiral Algernon F.R. de Horsey, in the Pacific. This vessel is ordered to return to Portsmouth, where she was commissioned on the 14th of August, 1876. She is to be replaced by the Triumph. The Thistle, 4, double-screw composite gun-vessel, Commander Robert S. Hunt, from China, ordered to Spithead. This vessel was re-commissioned at Hongkong on the 1st of December, 1874, when a fresh crew was sent out from England. | ||
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