HMS Nimrod (1856)
HMS Nimrod (1856)


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NameNimrod (1856)Explanation
TypeGunvessel   
Launched21 April 1856
HullWooden
PropulsionScrew
Builders measure868 tons
Displacement 
Guns6
Fate1865
ClassIntrepid
Ships bookADM 135/328
Note 
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
24 March 1857
- 20 September 1858
Commanded by Commander Roderick Dew, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War)
1 March 1858Commanded by Commander George Pechell Mends, East Indies and China
July 1859Commanded by Commander Robert James Wynniatt, East Indies and China (including unsuccessful attack on the Peiho forts during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War)


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