Name | Mackerel (1856) | Explanation | |
Type | Gunboat | ||
Launched | 8 March 1856 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 232 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 4 | ||
Fate | 1862 | ||
Class | Albacore | ||
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Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
1856 - 2 July 1856 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant commander Edmund Francis Weld |