Name | Cockchafer (1855) | Explanation | |
Type | Gunboat | ||
Launched | 24 November 1855 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 232 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 4 | ||
Fate | 1872 | ||
Class | Albacore | ||
Ships book | ADM 135/95 | ||
Note | |||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
1856 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Edwin Augustus Porcher | ||
20 September 1859 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Henry Lowe Holder, East Indies and China | ||
5 March 1869 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Seymour Spencer Smith, China |
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