HMS Thrush, British 1st class gunboat mb-code 2320945 John Bull helps little Belgium

John Bull helps little Belgium to bar the German invader

Mackerel (Scomber Scomber)

American B-movie actress

London 17th November 1963

HMS Thrush, British 1st class gunboat mb-code 2320945 John Bull helps little BelgiumHMS '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.