HMS Gannet 1888 - 1900

Third Commission Mediterranean Station; 10th November 1888 - December 1891

HMS Gannet recommissioned at Malta on the 10th November 1888, nine days after she was paid off from her Second Commission. She spent the next three years engaged in surveying work in the Mediterranean, before being paid off at the end of her third commission in December 1891.

Fourth Commission Mediterranean Station; 26th January 1892 - 16th March 1895

HMS Gannet's final period of active service began with the start of her fourth and final commission at Malta in January 1892. Engaged in hydrographic work in the Mediterranean and Red Sea, Gannet paid off for the last time on the 16th March 1895 at Chatham.

Harbour Service List

Nore 1895- 1900
Gannet remained out of commission at Chatham for four months before being moved to Sheerness Dockyard. In December 1895, Gannet was transferred to the Harbour Service List and returned to Chatham the following June, where she remained until 1900 when she was placed on the List of Non-Effective Vessels.

Accommodation Hulk
Isle of Grain; October 1900-June 1902

Listed as a hulk, Gannet was leased to the South Eastern & Chatham Railway Company between October 1900 and June 1902. She operated as an accommodation hulk at the 'cross-channel' railway terminal at Port Victoria on the Isle of Grain.