Royal Navy Screw Gunboat, 1856-1864

• Displacement -  236 tons; BM 216
• Dimensions -  106 feet BP, 86 ft, 4 in keel, 22 ft beam. Hold 8 ft depth; draught 6.8 ft.
• Armament -  1x69 pdr, 1x32 pdr, 2x24 pdr howitzer
• Range - 
• Construction -  wood hull gunboat, 'Albacore' class [or Dapper (2nd) class]. The 2nd batch of Dapper class boats is sometimes referred to as the Albacore class.
• Propulsion -  screw, N.H.P 60
• Engines - 
• Speed - 
• Builder -  Wigram & Son, Blackwall Yard
• Launch date -  8 May 1856
• Pennant - 
• Commissioned - 
• Complement - 36 men

Breaking up completed at Portsmouth on 14 September 1864

Note: N.H.P. = nominal horse power, related to cylinder dimensions, and not to actual power production

This page last updated 23 Feb 2021