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| Name | Sharpshooter (1846) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 25 July 1846 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 503 tons | ||
| Displacement | 625 tons | ||
| Guns | 9 | ||
| Fate | 1869 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/427 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 4 April 1848 - 19 November 1851 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant commander John Crawshay Bailey, Channel squadron, then (Jan 1849) Mediterranean, then (June 1850) south-east coast of America | ||
| 27 September 1852 - 16 October 1856 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant commander John Edward Parish, south-east coast of America | ||
| 12 November 1857 - 7 August 1861 | Commanded by Lieutenant Charles Gibbons, west coast of Africa | ||
| 28 September 1864 - 3 June 1865 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Lieutenant commander Henry Augustus Clavering, south-east coast of America | ||
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