Name | Kingfisher (launched as Martin, 1850) | Explanation | |
Type | 2nd class brig | ||
Launched | 19 September 1850 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 481 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 16 | ||
Fate | 1907 | ||
Class | Acorn | ||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1890 = Kingfisher, t.s. | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
11 June 1864 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander William Henniker Heaton, Plymouth, tender to Implacable | ||
(19 May 1865) | Commanded by Lieutenant commander James Terence FitzMaurice, Portsmouth, tender to St Vincent | ||
31 January 1867 - 20 March 1870 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander George Bruce Evans, Portsmouth, tender to St Vincent | ||
14 April 1870 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Dashwood Goldie Tandy, Portsmouth, tender to St Vincent | ||
29 December 1871 | Commanded by Commander Dashwood Goldie Tandy, Portsmouth, tender to St Vincent | ||
2 May 1890 | Renamed Kingfisher |