Name | Rattler | Explanation |
Type | Sloop (1862: Corvette) |
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Launched | 18 March 1862 |
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Hull | Wooden |
Length | 195 feet |
Propulsion | Screw |
Men | |
Builders measure | 950 tons |
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Displacement | 1280 tons |
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Guns | 17 |
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Fate | 1868 |
Last in commission | 1868 |
Class | Camelion |
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Ships book | ADM 135/387 |
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Career |
Date | Event |
18 March 1862 | Launched at Deptford Dockyard. |
5 July 1862 - 16 February 1864 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Commander Edward Henry Howard, China |
16 February 1864 - 8 March 1867 | Commanded by Commander John Whitmarsh Webb, China |
8 March 1867 - 25 April 1868 | Commanded by Commander John Thomlinson Swann, China (untill Swann died) |
(September 1868) - 24 September 1868 | Commanded by Commander Henry Frederick Stephenson, China, until wrecked on north coast of Yesso (modern Hokkaido), Japan (struck an unknown reef, all saved) |
31 December 1868 | Paid off (that is to say, her books were closed). |