Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Jirgin ruwa na Gunboat ya kasance ana gudanar da shi ta hanyar jiragen ruwa ko ƙananan jiragen ruwa. Rundunar sojojin Birtaniya da ke dauke da jiragen ruwa guda uku da kuma jiragen ruwa guda biyu sun kawo karshen Zanzibar
a cikin 1896; kuma yayin da jiragen ruwa suka shiga cikin rundunar jiragen ruwa na Yammacin Turai da aka tura a lokacin tawayen Boxer, an yi aikin na ruwa ta hanyar bindigogi, masu hallaka da kuma sloops.