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HMS Rainbow (1856)
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Name | Rainbow | Explanation | |
Type | Gunboat | ||
Launched | 8 March 1856 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 232 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 4 | ||
Fate | 1888 | ||
Class | Albacore | ||
Ships book | ADM 135/383 | ||
Note | 1857 survey vessel. 1872 drill ship | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
20 March 1856 - 19 July 1856 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant commander James Blair Grove |
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