Name | Violet (1856) | Explanation | |
Type | Gunboat | ||
Launched | 9 January 1856 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 232 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 4 | ||
Fate | 1864 | ||
Class | Albacore | ||
Ships book | ADM 135/496 | ||
Note | |||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
15 February 1856 | Commanded by Lieutenant Henry Bedford Woollcombe, tender to Brunswick | ||
15 March 1858 - 4 October 1859 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Kemptown Bush, tender to Eagle, Milford Haven | ||
12 June 1860 | Commanded by Lieutenant Eugene Chambers Batty, Pembroke dock, tender to Blenheim |