Name | Opossum (1856) | Explanation |
Type | Gunboat |
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Launched | 28 February 1856 |
Hull | Wooden |
Propulsion | Screw |
Builders measure | 232 tons |
Displacement | |
Guns | 4 |
Fate | 1896 |
Class | Albacore |
Ships book | ADM 135/336 |
Note | 1874 hulk |
Snippets concerning this vessels career |
Date | Event |
16 November 1830 | Commanded by Lieutenant Robert Peter, Falmouth |
28 February 1856 | Commanded by Lieutenant Colin Andrew Campbell, China (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) |
4 June 1858 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Henry Jones |
(28 June 1859) | Commanded by Lieutenant Charles John Balfour, East Indies and China (including unsuccessful attack on the Peiho forts during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) |
1 May 1860 | Commanded by Lieutenant Lindesay Brine, East Indies and China |