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H.M.S. 'BEAVER' | |
| Built by: | Money Wigram & Son's, at the Northam Yard. |
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| Launched: | 28th November 1855 |
| Tonnage: | 232 BM |
| Length: | 106 feet. |
| Breadth: | 22 feet. |
| Depth: | 6 . 6 feet. |
| Machinery: | By Penn, Greenwich. |
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| Built of: | Wood. |
| Type: | Screw gunboat. |
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| Built for: | H.M. Government. |
| Other info: | Albacore class. Armament - 1 x 68 pdr, SB. 1 x 32 pdr, SB. 2 x 24 pdr howitzers. |
| History: | The haste with which this vessel was built it necessitated the use of unseasoned timber and fell to pieces and saw no service at all. 4th February 1856. In fitting basin. 1856. Commanded by Lieutenant commander Anthony Hilery Hoskins. 23rd April 1856. Present at Fleet Review, Spithead. 1864. Broken up. |
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