| Name | Nettle (1856) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunboat | ||
| Launched | 9 February 1856 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 212 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 2 | ||
| Fate | 1868 | ||
| Class | Cheerful | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/322 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 18 February 1856 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Gilbert Troward Key | ||
| 1 January 1858 - 18 January 1860 | Commanded by Lieutenant Hugh McNeile Dyer, tender to Terror, Bermuda | ||
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