Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Flying Fish

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Name	Flying Fish	Explanation
Type	Sloop
Launched	8 November 1873
Hull	Composite
Propulsion	Screw
Builders measure
Displacement	940 tons
Guns	4
Fate	1888
Class	Fantome
Ships book
Note	Laid down as Daring. 1880 survey ship.
Snippets concerning this vessels career
Date	Event
12 October 1883 - 18 June 1887	Commanded (from commissioning at Hong Kong until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear, surveying on the China station