Name | Oberon (1847) | Explanation | |
Type | Sloop (packet) | ||
Launched | 2 January 1847 | ||
Hull | Iron | ||
Propulsion | Paddle | ||
Builders measure | 650 tons | ||
Displacement | 1055 tons | ||
Guns | 4 | ||
Fate | 1880 | ||
Class | Antelope | ||
Ships book | ADM 135/332 | ||
Note | 1870 target | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
27 August 1847 - 22 October 1850 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander George Johnson Gardner, Mediterranean | ||
23 October 1850 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Robert Beazley Harvey, Mediterranean | ||
7 February 1855 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander John Osmond Freeland, Mediterranean | ||
2 June 1856 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander John Milbourne Jackson, Mediterranean | ||
7 June 1858 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Frederick George Charles Paget, south-east coast of America | ||
14 November 1865 - 10 November 1866 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Edmund Hope Verney, west coast of Africa | ||
28 June 1866 - 24 December 1867 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Henry Hand, west coast of Africa |