Lieutenant Marx. In 1886 at St. Agnau Swinger had been trading with some natives, and considering them friendly, Marx decided to go ashore. He was attacked and described the assault: Swinger recommissioned in Sydney on 4 May 1887. She left the Australia Station in August 1891. Fate She was hulked in 1895 and the outbreak of World War I saw her attached to as a store ship. She was sold to Rogers & Company, Plymouth for breaking in June 1924. Notes References Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. 1872 ships Ships built in Pembroke Dock Ariel-class gunboats Victorian-era gunboats of the United Kingdom