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| Name | Beagle (1854) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 20 July 1854 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 477 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 2 | ||
| Fate | 1889 | ||
| Class | Arrow | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1865 = Kanko, Japanese navy | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| July 1854 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Edward George Hore | ||
| 9 August 1854 - 17 November 1854 | Commanded by Acting Mate William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, Black Sea during the Russian War | ||
| 18 November 1854 - 16 May 1857 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, Mediterranean | ||
| 20 September 1859 | Commanded (from commissioning) by Commander Edward Hay, East Indies and China | ||
| 1865 | Renamed Kanko, Japanese navy | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Fr 1 July 1859 | The Impérieuse, 51, screw, Captain R.B. Maguire, has been brought down Portsmouth harbour and placed along-side the Malabar, coal depôt, for the purpose of coaling. The Neptune, 91, screw, Captain Sir W. Hoste, has crossed lower and topsail yards and placed battens on her rigging, in readiness for rattling down. She has hauled off from alongside the sheer jetty to alongside the Prince Regent hulk, in Portsmouth harbour. The Sidon, 22, paddle, Captain R.B. Crawford, is coaling alongside the north quay of the fitting basin. The Dauntless, 32, screw, Captain W. Edmonstone, in the steam basin at Portsmouth, has commenced crossing her lower and topsailyards. The Sphinx, 6, paddle, and the Beagle, 8, screw, have both been brought down Portsmouth harbour, and placed in the steam basin, to be advanced to the first-class steam reserve. | ||
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