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HMS Fawn (1840)
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| Name | Fawn | Explanation | |
| Type | Brigantine | ||
| Acquired | May 1840 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 169 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 18?? | ||
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| Note | ex-slaver Caroline. 1842 tank vessel. 1846.05 sold Natal Colonial Government | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 3 November 1839 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander John Foote, South America | ||
| (October 1843) | Tank vessel at Cape of Good Hope | ||
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