HMS Goshawk

HMS Goshawk (1872)

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Name	Goshawk (1872)	Explanation
Type	Gunboat
Launched	23 January 1872
Hull	Composite
Propulsion	Screw
Builders measure
Displacement	430 tons
Guns	4
Fate	1906
Class	Ariel
Ships book	ADM 135/205
Note	1902 hulk
Snippets concerning this vessels career
Date	Event
10 September 1873 - 31 December 1873	Commanded by Lieutenant William Metcalfe Lang, Queenstown, tender to Revenge
1 April 1874 - 30 November 1874	Commanded by Lieutenant William Metcalfe Lang, Queenstown, tender to Revenge
*Extracts from the Times* newspaper**
Date	Extract
Ma 9 June 1873	THE SHAH OF PERSIA. ... The subjoined Information was made public by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on Saturday afternoon: — "The following are the arrangements of the Admiralty for the reception of His Majesty the Shah of Persia on his embarkation at Ostend and arrival at Dover:— "A squadron of ironclads, under the orders of Rear-Admiral Hornby, will leave Spithead on or about the 18th inst. Her Majesty’s ships Vigilant and Lively and other yachts will embark His Majesty at Ostend early on the morning of the 18th inst. Her Majesty's ships Devastation, Audacious, and Vanguard, will escort His Majesty thence towards Dover, where they will be met by the following ships, under the command of Rear Admiral Hornby:— Agincourt (flag), Northumberland, Black Prince, Achilles, Hercules, Sultan, Monarch, and Hector; and Audacious. Vanguard, and Devastation (to be detached to Ostend and rejoin). The squadron will convoy His Majesty to near Dover Pier, where His Majesty will land. On joining the ships at Ostend and the channel squadron, and on landing, His Majesty will be received with the usual salutes and ceremonies due to His Majesty's exalted rank." At Devonport and Keyham the following vessels are being prepared and equipped to take part in the naval review at Spithead:—The Zealous, 20, wood built, armour-plated, screw ship; the double screw, iron, armour-plated turret-ships Gorgon, 4; Hecate, 4; Hydra, 4; and Cyclops, 4; the Prince Albert, 4, screw, armour-plated, iron turret-ship; the Hotspur, 3, double screw, iron, armour-plated ram; the Waterwitch, 4, iron, armour-plated, hydraulic gun-boat; the Goshawk, 4, and the Swinger, 4, screw composite gunboats; the Plucky, 1, screw gunboat; and the Lively, paddle despatch vessel (the latter being intended to join the escort). Besides these vessels, the ironclads Northumberland, 28, Agincourt, 28, and Vanguard, 14, have lately left Devonport for the rendezvous of the fleet at Spithead. On the 17th of June it is anticipated that the Channel Fleet will be lying off Dover to await the arrival of the Shah of Persia, and it is proposed for the yachts of the Royal Cinque Ports Club to go out on Wednesday and sail as a squadron to meet the Shah, and to return to Dover with the Ironclad Fleet.
Sa 13 March 1880	The following Information respecting the movements of Her Majesty's ships is supplied by the Admiralty The Goshawk arrived as Galway from Clifden on Thursday, having visited Innishark and Arran Islands and distributed meal. The Wye arrived at Gibraltar on the 10th inst.; would leave on the 11th inst. for Lisbon. Her Majesty's Indian troopship Crocodile left Malta yesterday for Portsmouth. From the East Indies.— The Ruby sailed on the 16th of February for Zanzibar. The Spartan was at Rangoon waiting relief by the Eclipse. The Wild Swan was at Port Blair, Andaman Islands; would leave tor Rangoon about the 4th of March. The Beacon was in dock at Bombay. The Ready was at Muscat, at disposal of Political Resident, Persian Gulf; the Vulture was at Bussorah, also at disposal of Resident, Persian Gulf. From the Cape of Good Hope. —The Dido arrived on the 11th February. The Comus left Ascension on the 25th of January and visited Tristan d'Acunha on the 6th of February, arrived at the Cape on the 14th of February, and would leave for Crozet Islands, St. Paul's, and China station on the 20th of February.

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