Explosion on board of British gunboat HMS Dwarf according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant dated 15 December 1906

A tiding from Las Palmas reported that a gas explosion in the coal bunker on board of the gunboat Dwarf wounded seriously two firemen when they entered the bunker and ‘both men lost their faces.’(1)

Note

1. 1^st class gunboat launched on 15 November 1898 and sold in 1926 with a measurement of 710 tons, dimensions 180’ x 22’ and an armament consisting of 2-4” guns and 4-12pd guns.