HMS Wye (1873)
HMS Wye (1873)


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NameWye (1873)Explanation
TypeStoreship   
Launched1873
HullIron
PropulsionScrew
Builders measure1370 tons
Displacement 
Guns 
Fate1904
Class 
Ships book
Note 
Extracts from the Times newspaper
DateExtract
Sa 13 March 1880The 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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