HMS Janus (1856)
HMS Janus (1856)


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NameJanus (1856)Explanation
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 Charles Rufus Robson
4 June 1858
- 29 November 1859
Commanded by Lieutenant Herbert Price Knevitt, East Indies and China (including unsuccessful attack on the Peiho forts during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War)
19 June 1862
- 16 October 1864
Commanded by Lieutenant Richard Adams, East Indies and China
186?Commanded by Lieutenant Rodney Maclaine Lloyd


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