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| Name | Kangaroo (launched as Dart, 1860) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 10 March 1860 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 828 tons | ||
| Displacement | 570 tons | ||
| Guns | 5 | ||
| Fate | 1884 | ||
| Class | Philomel | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/264 | ||
| Note | 1882 = Kangaroo | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 8 March 1862 - 5 January 1866 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander Frederick William Richards, west coast of Africa | ||
| 25 August 1866 - 23 October 1868 | Commanded by Commander Marcus Lowther, west coast of Africa, then (1868) North America and West Indies | ||
| 26 October 1868 - 8 November 1870 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander John Carnegie, North America and West Indies | ||
| 1 April 1882 | Renamed Kangaroo | ||
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