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| Name | Wizard (1860) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunboat | ||
| Launched | 3 August 1860 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 268 tons | ||
| Displacement | 330 tons | ||
| Guns | 2 | ||
| Fate | 1879 | ||
| Class | Britomart | ||
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| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 11 March 1872 - 10 December 1874 | Commanded by Lieutenant Herbert Holden Edwards, Mediterranean | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Tu 7 September 1869 | The following is the letter of our Malta correspondent, dated Valetta, August 31‒ "A mail leaves to-day for England, viâ Messina, and I avail myself of this opportunity to give you the last news of the Mediterranean Squadron, received this morning, and dated Gibraltar, August 26. After leaving Naples on the 6th, the squadron made sail for Marseilles, and were caught on the morning of the 10th off the north end of Corsica, by a heavy westerly gale, which induced them to anchor under the lee of the land for two days. When the weather moderated on the 12th, they again weighed and proceeded under steam for Marseilles, where they anchored at 11 30 p.m. of the 13th. The squadron dressed ship and fired a Royal salute on the 15th in honour of the Emperor's fête-day, and sailed on the evening of the 16th for Gibraltar, leaving Lady Milne and daughters at Marseilles. Sir Alexander Milne, with the ironclads Lord Warden (flagship), Royal Oak, and Prince Consort, arrived at Gibraltar on the evening of the 22d, having exercised these ships on the way at steam tactics, firing at a target, &c. The Pallas and Wizard were awaiting their arrival, and the Enterprise joined them from Cadiz on the 26th, just before the departure of the mail for Malta. The Caledonia arrived at Gibraltar on the morning of the 25th with mails, &c., from Malta; all well. The Cruiser and Psyche were daily expected. The whole of the ships were coaling and provisioning preparatory to cruising with the Channel Squadron. The Agincourt was expected at Gibraltar on the 1st of September, with the Lords of the Admiralty on board, and it was expected that the Mediterranean Squadron would leave in company on the 4th, for the long-contemplated cruise… | ||
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