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| Name | Opossum (1856) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunboat | ||
| Launched | 28 February 1856 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 232 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1896 | ||
| Class | Albacore | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/336 | ||
| Note | 1874 hulk | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 16 November 1830 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Robert Peter, Falmouth | ||
| 28 February 1856 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Colin Andrew Campbell, China (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | ||
| 14 June 1858 - 1 November 1858 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Henry Jones | ||
| (28 October 1858) - 25 July 1859 | Commanded by Lieutenant Charles John Balfour, East Indies and China (including unsuccessful attack on the Peiho forts during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | ||
| 9 August 1859 - 2 May 1860 | Commanded by Lieutenant George Dacres Bevan, East Indies and China | ||
| 11 May 1860 - 9 December 1860 | Commanded by Lieutenant Lindesay Brine, East Indies and China | ||
| 21 June 1864 - 25 August 1866 | Commanded by Lieutenant Henry Craven St John, Hong Kong, tender to Princess Charlotte, receiving ship | ||
| 28 June 1866 - 6 April 1868 | Commanded by Lieutenant Karl Heinrich Augustus Mainwaring, tender to Princess Charlotte, Hong Kong | ||
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