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Type | Wood Screw Gun Vessel |
Class | Plover |
Built | 1871 |
Speed | 10 Knots |
Weight | 755 tons |
Dimensions | 170 feet long, 29 foot beam |
Armament | 1 x 7 inch MLR and 2 x 40pdr BL |
Crew | 90 |
Fate | She was sold at Bombay in 1887. |
Notes | On the East Indies station, she had been the Senior Officer's ship in the Persian Gulf. In 1885, she took part in the Burma campaign as part of the Irrawaddy Flotilla. |
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