HMS Assurance (1856)
HMS Assurance (1856)


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NameAssurance (1856)Explanation
TypeGunvessel   
Launched13 March 1856
HullWooden
PropulsionScrew
Builders measure681 tons
Displacement860 tons
Guns4
Fate1870
ClassVigilant
Ships bookADM 135/28
Note 
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
18 March 1856
- 4 July 1856
Commanded by Commander William Gore-Jones, Portsmouth
17 July 1857
- 2 November 1861
Commanded by Commander Charles Murray-Aynsley, East Indies and China
9 May 1864Commanded by Commander Henry Bedford Woollcombe, Mediterranean
9 May 1866
- 2 July 1867
Commanded by Commander William Henry Pym, Mediterranean


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