Name | Plover (1855) | Explanation | |
Type | Gunboat | ||
Launched | 8 September 1855 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 232 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 4 | ||
Fate | 1859 | ||
Class | Albacore | ||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1859.06.25 abandoned as total loss at Peiho | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
30 November 1855 | Commanded by Lieutenant Keith Stewart, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | ||
26 September 1857 | Commanded by Lieutenant Robert James Wynniatt, East Indies and China | ||
(25 June 1859) - 25 June 1859 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Hector Rason, China (until Rason was killed and Plover was sunk during the unsuccessful attack on the Peiho forts during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) |