HMS Thrush, British 1st class gunboat Size:L: 80 x 60cm Mrs Shirley showing the Queen

Mrs Shirley showing the Queen the Warping machine

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HMS Thrush, British 1st class gunboat Size:L: 80 x 60cm Mrs Shirley showing the QueenHMS 'Thrush', British 1st class gunboat, c1890 c1893. Launched in 1889, HMS 'Thrush' saw action in the 40 minute Anglo Zanzibar War in 1896. She was also on active service during the Boer War. 'Thrush' was wrecked off Glenarm, Northern Ireland, in 1917 while serving as a salvage vessel. A print from Her Majesty's Navy Including its Deeds and Battles, by Lieut Chas Rathbone Low, Volume III, JS Virtue & Co, London, 1890 1893.