- Fate
- Citations
- References
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=[1] | Redbreast|gunboat}} | Ship displacement=805 tons | 165|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on|1}} pp | 31|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | 11|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on|1}} min, {{convert|13|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}} max | Ship draft= | 1,200|ihp|kW|abbr=on|lk=in}} | Ship propulsion=- Triple-expansion steam engine
- 2 × boilers
- Single screw
| 13|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} | 2500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} | Ship complement=76 | Ship armament=- 6 × 4-inch/25-pounder QF guns
- 4 × machine guns
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}} | HMS Ringdove was a {{sclass-|Redbreast|gunboat}} of the Royal Navy, built at Devonport Dockyard and launched on 30 April 1889.[2]She commenced service on the Australia Station on 5 March 1890, under the command of R. F. Ayscough.[2] She left the Australia Station in February 1901 and returned to England, where she was paid of at Devonport 10 June 1901 and placed in the fleet reserve to be refit at Haulbowline.[3] She became a tender to HMS Vernon and was converted into a salvage vessel in 1915 and was renamed HMS Melita.[2] FateShe was sold to the Ship Salvage Corporation on 22 January 1920[1] and renamed Telima. She was broken up in 1926. Citations1. ^1 Winfield (2004) p.300
2. ^1 2 Bastock, p.114.
3. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence |day_of_week=Tuesday |date=11 June 1901 |page_number=10 |issue=36478| }}
References- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. {{ISBN|0-86777-348-0}}
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- {{winfield}}
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