Name | Grasshopper (1855) | Explanation | |
Type | Gunboat | ||
Launched | 8 December 1855 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 232 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 4 | ||
Fate | 1871 | ||
Class | Albacore | ||
Ships book | ADM 135/208 | ||
Note | |||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
February 1856 - 2 July 1856 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant William Frederick Lee | ||
27 September 1859 | Commanded by Lieutenant John Collier Tucker, East Indies and China | ||
10 December 1862 - 1 June 1864 | Commanded by Lieutenant Francis William Bennett, East Indies and China | ||
23 November 1864 | Commanded by Lieutenant George Digby Morant, China |
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