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HMS Peacock (1856)
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NamePeacockExplanation
TypeGunboat   
Launched12 April 1856
HullWooden
PropulsionScrew
Builders measure232 tons
Displacement 
Guns4
Fate1869
ClassAlbacore
Ships bookADM 135/348
Note 
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
9 January 1856
- 2 July 1856		Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant commander Henry Barré Beresford, Portsmouth
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