Name | Lee (1857) | Explanation | |
Type | Gunboat | ||
Launched | 28 February 1857 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 301 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 3 | ||
Fate | 1859 | ||
Class | Algerine | ||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1859.06.25 sunk in action with Peiho forts, China | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
12 March 1857 - 20 May 1859 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Graham | ||
2 November 1858 - 25 October 1859 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Henry Jones(-Byrom) (until sunk during unsuccessful attack on the Peiho forts during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | ||
Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
Date | Extract | ||
Tu 25 July 1871 | The following vessels of war are now on their passage home for the purpose of being put out of commission and their crew paid off: - The Forte, 24, 2,364 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. H. Fairfax, flagship of Rear-Admiral J.H. Cockburn, commanding the East India squadron, and the Nymph, 4, 1,084 tons, 300-horse power, Commander R. Adams, from the East Indies; the Charybdis, 17, 1,506 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. A.M'L. Lyons, from the Pacific; the Virago, 6, 1,053 tons, 200-horse power, paddlewheel steamer, Commander H.S. Sandys, from Australia; the |
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