| Name: | TRENT |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Keel: | |
| Launched: | 23/08/1877 |
| Completed: | 1877 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 345 |
| Dimensions: | 363disp, 110.0 x 34.1 x 8.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x 2cyl, 60nhp, 310ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 9.5knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Armament: | 3 x 1 x 64pdr guns; (1892: 2 or 3 x 1 x 4.7ins QF guns?) |
| History: | |
| 1877 | British Royal Navy |
| 09/1905 | Renamed PEMBROKE |
| 06/1917 | Renamed GANNET |
| 21/02/1923 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Medina class |
| Fitted with 3 masts and barquentine rig of sails to extend their range | |
| 1892: May have been rearmed | |
| 06/1917: Re-classified as a diving tender | |
| 21/02/1923: Broken up at Dover by Dover Shipbreaking Co |
Above photo of sister MEDINA is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo of sister MEDINA is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo of sister MEDINA is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Photo as PEMBROKE
Jarrow Express, Saturday, 25/08/1877