| Name: | DRUDGE |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Keel: | 12/01/1887 |
| Launched: | 08/06/1887 |
| Completed: | 23/08/1887 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 504 |
| Dimensions: | 890disp, 125.0 x 35.2 x 12.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12, 19.5 & 32 x 20ins), 300ihp, 52rhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.0knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Armament: | Various |
| Reg Number: | 92866 |
| History: | |
| 23/08/1887 | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| 28/02/1901 | British Royal Navy |
| 21/11/1916 | Renamed EXCELLENT |
| 26/01/1919 | Renamed DRYAD |
| 1919 | Renamed DRUDGE |
| 1920 | Stanlee Shipbreaking & Salvage Co Ltd, Dover |
| 1927 | Middlesbrough Salvage Co Ltd, London |
| 1933 | North East Salvage & Shipbreaking Co Ltd, London |
| 1937 | Thomas Round & Sons, London |
| 1946 | Overseas Towage & Salvage Co Ltd, London |
| 1948 | "Les Abeilles", Soc de Remorquage et de Sauvatage, Le Havre |
| 1948 | Renamed FRANCOIS QUERE |
| 01/1969 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built as a trials vessel for Armstrong's guns and mountings |
| Also used to carry waste slag from the iron works to be dumped at sea | |
| 1920: Converted for use as a salvage vessel | |
| 01/1969: Broken up at Quai du Rhin, Le Havre by Etablissements R Fablon |
As fitted with a 9.2 inch mounting in 1907. Photo is copyright of National Maritime Museum
Above photo as EXCELLENT is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as EXCELLENT is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 09/06/1887