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| Name | Forward (1855) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunboat | ||
| Launched | 8 December 1855 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 232 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1869 | ||
| Class | Albacore | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/186 | ||
| Note | 1869 sold Esquimalt for mercentile service | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 22 January 1856 - 4 September 1856 | Commanded (from commissioning) by Lieutenant commander Charles Gudgeon Nelson, Portsmouth | ||
| 24 October 1857 - 12 November 1858 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Lieutenant commander Henry Davies, Cuba and the West Indies | ||
| 29 June 1859 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles Rufus Robson, Pacific (in December 1860, he proceeded from Nootka Sound to the wreck of the American brig "Consort" in San Josef Bay, for which Robson was recommended to US President Buchanan as worthy of national recognition) | ||
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