HMS Rainbow (1856)
HMS Rainbow (1856)


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NameRainbow (1856)Explanation
TypeGunboat   
Launched8 March 1856
HullWooden
PropulsionScrew
Builders measure232 tons
Displacement 
Guns4
Fate1888
ClassAlbacore
Ships bookADM 135/383
Note1857 survey vessel.
1872 drill ship
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
23 March 1856
- 19 July 1856
Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant James Blair Grove


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