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| Name | Growler (1868) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 1 December 1868 | ||
| Hull | Composite | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | |||
| Displacement | 584 tons | ||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1887 | ||
| Class | Beacon | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/214 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 20 June 1870 - 20 June 1873 | Commanded by Commander Edmund Hope Verney, West African station; on passage in Growler 21 June - 27 June 1873 | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 18 January 1877 | Our Hongkong Correspondent writes under date the 14th of December last:— "Her Majesty's ships of war in harbour are the Audacious (flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Ryder), Fly, Growler, Nassau, Ringdove and Vigilant. The orders for the Ringdove to leave here on the 16th of December for England have been countermanded. She will now probably be paid off here, thoroughly repaired by the Naval-yard authorities and re-commissioned with the crew of the Lapwing, her present officers and crew returning to England in the troopship Himalaya. By last advances of the 30th of November, the Charybdis, Frolic, and Mosquito remained by the Lapwing at Chan-shan-tan Island. The weather continued fine, but the chances of getting her afloat were very much against her. The Curlew at Tien-tsin, remains there for the winter. The Growler, after a thorough repair to het boilers, has completed her stores, and proceeds to Amoy in the place of the Fly, ordered to remain in Hongkong. | ||
| Tu 27 November 1877 | The Euphrates left Port Said on the 24th inst. for Malta and Portsmouth. Letters have been received from Commodore Sullivan, in the Active, in Simon's Bay, up to the 29th of October. The Industry would convey Mr. Stanley , the explorer, and his followers to Zanzibar. Letters have been received from Admiral Ryder, in the Audacious, at Hongkong, up to the 11th ult.; he would there await the arrival of his successor. The Sheldrake had returned from Ichang to Hankow. The Lily had gone from Nagasaki to Chinkiang. The Midge left on the 24th of September for Tientsin, where she will winter. The Frolic was still in dock at Shanghai, after collision. The Growler was ordered from the Dindings up to Hongkong, where she will be docked. The Vigilant had been docked. The health of the Squadron was satisfactory. | ||
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