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| Name | Tay (1876) | Explanation | |
| Type | Flatiron gunboat | ||
| Launched | 19 October 1876 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
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| Displacement | 363 tons | ||
| Guns | 3 | ||
| Fate | 1923 | ||
| Class | Medina | ||
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| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 3 June 1878 - 21 August 1878 | Commanded by Lieutenant Thomas Edward Miller, tender to Duke of Wellington | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 6 June 1878 | Yesterday afternoon Rear-Admiral Henry Boys, late Director of Naval Ordnance at the Admiralty, hoisted his flag on board the Warrior, at Spithead, as second in command of the Channel Squadron, in succession to Rear-Admiral W. Dowell, C.B., and exchanged the customary salutes with the flagship of the Port Admiral. … The Blazer and the Bustard, single gun, twin screw gun-boats, and the Tay, 4, one of the new iron river gunboats, were commissioned on Monday at Portsmouth, temporarily as tenders to the Duke of Wellington, the flagship of Admiral Fanshawe. The Glatton, 2, single turret-ship, which has had its under-water torpedo arrangement greatly improved. Was also commissioned on the same day by Capt. Morgan Singer. The whole of the vessels are expected to join the evolutionary fleet which will assemble at Portland. The Blazer and the Bustard had their guns placed on board at the gun wharf on Tuesday, and were afterwards coaled in the stream. | ||
| Th 13 June 1878 | The reserve squadron, under the command of Admirals Key and Boys, was prevented getting under way yesterday morning by the gale, and all boat communication with the ships was arrested by signals. Should the weather moderate in the meantime the squadron will proceed to Portland at daybreak this morning. The Glatton and the small craft, consisting of the Vesuvius, Lightning, Tay, Bustard and Blazer, are ordered to remain at Portsmouth until further orders. | ||
| Sa 15 June 1878 | The Glatton, single turret-ship, Capt. Morgan Singer, and the Bustard and Blazer, gunboats, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning, to join the reserve squadron at Portland. The Tay, gunboat, was unable to leave, as it has been found necessary to dock her in order that some leakage and other defects to her machinery may be rectified. The reserve squadron anchored at Portland at half-past 4 on Thursday afternoon, and as the Thunderer had shifted her berth on the previous day she was in her proper position when the squadron arrived. | ||
| Sa 22 June 1878 | On Thursday the turret-ship squadron at Portland again got under way as early as half-past six in the morning. and did not anchor until 4 in the afternoon. They steamed away in columns and divisions in line ahead, the formation being as follows:— Port Division.—The Thunderer, bearing the flag of Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key; the Gorgon, Hydra. Prince Albert, and the Tweed gunboat. Starboard Division.—The Glatton. Capt. Morgan Singer; the Hecate, Cyclops, and Tay gunboat, the whole making a formidable fleet of 32 guns, of which two are 38 ton, two 35 tons, two 23 tons, 16 18 tons, and four 12 ton guns. Steam tactics were practised in the morning, and at 10 o'clock the crews went to quarters and fired a couple of rounds from each gun with battering charges. The afternoon was wholly devoted to steam tactics. The Admiral was well pleased with the performances of the monitors, though the behaviour of the Prince Albert was such as to confirm the previous bad impression as to her steering capacity and to prove that she would be a dangerous neighbour in a fog. There is a rumour in the fleet that the ships will leave, Portland for a cruise to Bantry Bay on the 29th inst., and await orders at Berehaven. | ||
| Th 11 July 1878 | On Tuesday night a boat belonging to Her Majesty's ship Tay, with five of the crew, left Portland for the ship. When a short distance from the shore a squall suddenly caught the boat, which was under sail, and capsized it. The accident having been witnessed from Her Majesty's ship Glatton, a boat from that vessel rescued the men in a very exhausted condition. One of them, an officer's servant, has since died. | ||
| Th 8 August 1878 | The following Information has been officially notified:— "The inspection of the Fleet by Her Majesty the Queen on Tuesday, the 13th inst., will take place about 4 p.m., at Spithead. There will be no general issue of tickets as only a very limited number of vessels can be set apart for the conveyance of official visitors. Naval officers on half-pay and military officers of the Portsmouth garrison will be accommodated on board Her Majesty's ships Valorous and Dasher respectively, and should apply at the Commander-in-Chief's office at Portsmouth Dockyard." The special service fleet of masted ironclad turret ships and gunboats, under the command of Admiral Sir Cooper Key and Rear-Admiral Boys, numbering 19 sail all told, arrived yesterday afternoon at Spithead, where they will be reviewed on Tuesday next by the Queen. After leaving Portland Admiral Boys hoisted his flag on board the Thunderer and took command of the turret ships. The fleet forming into columns of sub-divisions, line abreast, each column of masted ships having a column of monitors on its starboard beam. In this order the fleet proceeded up Channel at a speed of five knots. On rounding Culver Cliff previous to entering the Solent the formation was altered to columns of division line ahead, the weather line being headed by the Hercules, flagship of Admiral Key, followed by the Valiant, Hector, Lord Warden, Warrior, Penelope, Resistance, and Boadicea. The starboard line, consisting of the turret-ships, was formed as follows:— Thunderer (bearing the flagship of the Rear-Admiral), Belleisle, Gorgon, Hydra, Hecate, Glatton, Cyclops, and Prince Albert, the rear being composed of the gunboats Tay, Tees, and Blazer. In this order the ships steamed towards Gilkicker Point, when the helms of both lines were put hard over, the frigates turning outwards to the Isle of Wight and the monitors outwards to Portsmouth and Southsea, and steamed back to the Noman and anchored in the same relative positions in line in readiness for the review. The Valorous, paddle steamer. Has been appropriated for the accommodation of naval half-pay officers. | ||
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