HMS ''Nymphe'' was a ''Nymphe''-class composite

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sloop and the fifth ship of the

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to bear the name. She was renamed HMS ''Wildfire'' in 1906, HMS ''Gannet'' in 1916, and finally HMS ''Pembroke'' in 1917, before she was sold in 1920.

Construction and service history

Developed and constructed for the

on a design by

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, she was launched at

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on 1 May 1888. Commander Richard Bowles Farquhar was in command until 16 February 1900, when she paid off at

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for repairs.

Fate

From August 1914 she was a shore training ship at

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, was later renamed ''Wildfire'' and was sold to Ward of Milford Haven for breaking in February 1920.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nymphe Nymphe-class sloops Ships built in Portsmouth 1888 ships Victorian-era sloops of the United Kingdom Royal Navy shore establishments