Forward Bay

Forward Bay (50˚31'00" 126˚23'00" S side of W Cracroft I, Johnstone Str), Forward Harbour (50˚29'00" 125˚44'00" E of Wellbore Channel and Hardwicke I, NE of Sayward), Forward Inlet (50˚30'00" 128˚02'00" N side of entrance to Quatsino Sd, NW end of Vancouver I). HMS Forward was the quintessential W coast RN gunboat, especially designed for patrolling inshore waters and imposing law and order. Like its sister ship, HMS Grappler, it was a tiny 60-hp steam vessel of 211 tonnes, with two guns...

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