Name | Torch (1859) | Explanation | |
Type | Gunvessel | ||
Launched | 24 December 1859 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 428 tons | ||
Displacement | 570 tons | ||
Guns | 5 | ||
Fate | 1881 | ||
Class | Philomel | ||
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Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
14 June 1860 | Commanded by Commander Frederick Harrison Smith, west coast of Africa | ||
5 January 1871 - 2 September 1871 | Commanded by Commander Louis Geneste, West Coast of Africa | ||
11 September 1871 | Commanded by Commander Joseph Edward Maitland Wilson | ||
17 September 1871 - 30 October 1873 | Commanded by Commander Hugh McNeile Dyer, west coast of Africa, then (March 1873), Mediterranean | ||
23 October 1873 - 29 January 1876 | Commanded by Commander Richard Henry Napier, Mediterranean | ||
27 January 1876 - 7 March 1880 | Commanded by Commander Richard Horace Hamond, Mediterranean |
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