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H.M.S. 'WAVE'

Built by:Money Wigram & Son's, at the Northam Yard.
Yard No.
Launched:25th June 1856
Tonnage:232 BM
Length:106 feet
Breadth:22 feet
Depth:6 . 6 feet
Machinery:60 hp
Decks:
Built of:Wood
Type:Screw gunboat Albacore class.
Registered:
Off Number:
Built for:H.M. Government.
Other info:Armament 1 x 68 pdr SB. 1 x 32 pdr SB. 2 x 24 pdr howitzers.
History:23rd April 1856. Present at Fleet Review, Spithead.
1869. Used as a coal hulk.
1870. Coal Depot at Portsmouth.
1879. Portsmouth. Hulked.
30th December 1882. Renamed 'Clinker'.
1890 Portsmouth. To be sold.
1891. Disposed of.



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