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| 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 commander Keith Stewart, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | ||
| 26 September 1857 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander 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) | ||
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