HMS Kingfisher (launched as Martin, 1850)
HMS Kingfisher (launched as Martin, 1850)


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NameKingfisher (launched as Martin, 1850)Explanation
Type2nd class brig   
Launched19 September 1850
HullWooden
PropulsionSail
Builders measure481 tons
Displacement 
Guns16
Fate1907
ClassAcorn
Ships book
Note1890 = Kingfisher, t.s.
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
11 June 1864Commanded by Lieutenant William Henniker Heaton, Plymouth, tender to Implacable
(19 May 1865)Commanded by Lieutenant James Terence FitzMaurice, Portsmouth, tender to St Vincent
31 January 1867
- 20 March 1870
Commanded by Lieutenant George Bruce Evans, Portsmouth, tender to St Vincent
14 April 1870Commanded by Lieutenant Dashwood Goldie Tandy, Portsmouth, tender to St Vincent
29 December 1871Commanded by Commander Dashwood Goldie Tandy, Portsmouth, tender to St Vincent
2 May 1890Renamed Kingfisher


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