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| Name | Tiger (1849) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 1 December 1849 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 1221 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 10 | ||
| Fate | 1854 | ||
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| Note | 1852 rated 2nd class frigate. 1854.05.12 ran aground off Odessa and later destroyed by Russian fire | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 19 June 1852 - 1 June 1854 | Commanded by Captain Henry Wells Giffard, Mediterranean and Crimea (until he died). On 12 May 1854 Tiger grounded in fog off Odessa, and Giffard was forced to surrender the ship after being taken under fire from the land. He was seriously injured and his leg was removed while still on the ship, but he died of gangrene in captivity on 1 June. | ||
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