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Sunday, 4 December 2016

British destroyer HMS Surly launched at Clydebank according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1895-1896 No. 4

An item referred to the magazine Engineering reporting that the British torpedo boat Surly the last one of the trio built by the firm J.&G. Thomson, Cydebank executed her official trail. She was exact similar to her sister ships Rocket and Shark.(1)

Note
1. Of the Rocket-class destroyers consisting of the Surly, Rocket and Shark, preceded by the Sunfish-class and succeeded by the Sturgeon-class. Sold in 1920.