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H.M.S. 'HERON'

Built by:Money Wigram & Son's, at the Northam Yard.
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Launched:1st July 1860
Tonnage:232 tons/
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Machinery:Screw - 60 hp.
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Built of:Wooden.
Type:Screw gun schooner - Britomart class.
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Other info:Armament - 2 guns
History:2nd July 1860. Arrived at Portsmouth.
30th March 1866. Commanded by Lieutenant commander Henry Frederick Stephenson, on North America and West Indies station.
1870. Jamaica.
1879. Jamaica. Tender to ‘Urgent’.
1881. Disposed off.



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