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HMS Janus (1856)
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NameJanusExplanation
TypeGunboat   
Launched8 March 1856
HullWooden
PropulsionScrew
Builders measure233 tons
Displacement 
Guns2
Fate1871
ClassClown
Ships book
Note1869 hulk
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
1856Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles Rufus Robson
4 June 1858Commanded by Lieutenant commander Herbert Price Knevitt
(28 June 1859)Commanded by Lieutenant commander Herbert Price Knevitt, East Indies and China (including unsuccessful attack on the Peiho forts during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War)
186?Commanded by Lieutenant commander Rodney Maclaine Lloyd
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