War gunvessel were ordered during 1855, the Intrepid class and the Vigilant class, and in 1856 the six Arrow-class dispatch vessels were re-classed as...
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The Vigilant-class gunvessel of the Royal Navy was an enlarged version of the Arrow-class gunvessel of 1854. Both classes were designed for shallow-water...
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Yankee Arrow was scrapped towards the end of the year. Arrow-class gunvessel, Royal Navy ships of a class sharing the same name Cedric-class patrol boat...
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HMS Beagle (1854) (category Arrow-class gunvessels)
HMS Beagle was a wooden-hulled Arrow-class second-class screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1863. She was the third vessel of the Royal Navy to...
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gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy. For gun-brigs see List of gun-brigs of the Royal Navy. Diana (1823) Mohawk (1843) Bann class (1855) Gleaner...
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had a tendency to burst and jam. They were fitted in pairs to the Arrow-class gunvessel and were used during the Crimean War. The muzzle of a Lancaster...
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HMS Lynx (1833) was a Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1833 and broken up in 1845. HMS Lynx (1854) was an Arrow-class wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and...
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in 1846, and was sold in 1870. HMS Beagle (1854), an Arrow-class wooden-hulled screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1863, eventually becoming...
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HMS Surprise (1856) (category Vigilant-class gunvessels)
second-class despatch and gunvessels. They were intended to operate close inshore during the Crimean War and were essentially enlarged versions of the Arrow-class...
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HMS Viper (1854) was an Arrow-class wooden-hulled screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1862. HMS Viper (1865) was an iron armoured gunvessel launched in 1865...
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Statistics". Glasgow Herald. No. 5381. Glasgow. 25 August 1854. "Launch of a Gunvessel". The Times. No. 21831. London. 28 August 1854. col C, p. 10. "Addition...
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installation was in HMS Beagle (1854) (and possibly the other 5 Arrow-class gunvessels). The Beagle had a single screw propeller driven by a horizontal...
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HMS Snake (1854) was an Arrow-class wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1864. HMS Snake (1871) was an Ant-class gunboat launched in 1871...
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She capsized and sank the next day. HMS Snake Royal Navy The Arrow-class gunvessel ran aground on the Encounter Rock. Subsequently refloated, repaired...
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HMS Sparrowhawk (1856) (category Vigilant-class gunvessels)
during the Crimean War and were essentially enlarged versions of the Arrow-class gunvessel, which has been designed by the Surveyor’s Department in 1854. A...
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HMS Ringdove (1856) (category Vigilant-class gunvessels)
second-class despatch and gunvessels. They were intended to operate close inshore during the Crimean War and were essentially enlarged versions of the Arrow-class...
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& Co. 19 June United Kingdom Messrs. Rennie Greenwich Bermejo Arrow-class gunvessel For Argentine Navy. 19 June United Kingdom Messrs. Turball & Sons...
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HMS Wrangler (1854) was an Arrow-class wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and broken up in 1866. HMS Wrangler (1880) was a Banterer-class composite screw gunboat...
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Sixth-rate, corvette, and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. During the Age of Sail, warships were divided into ranks or classes. The English Royal Navy adopted...
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Order date Number and class Vessel names Contract or dockyard Named on 10 April 1854 6 Arrow-class despatch gunvessels Arrow, Beagle, Lynx, Snake, Viper...
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HMS Active, HMS Ambuscade, HMS Arrow, HMS Alacrity, HMS Avenger 7th Frigate Squadron, HMNB Devonport with Leander-class frigates (Batch 2): HMS Cleopatra...
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Terver Arno Arnprior Aro Arpha Arras Arrernte Arrogant Arrogante Arromanches Arrow Arrowhead Artemis Artful Artifex Artigo Artois Arun Arundel Arve Princen...
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HMS Conflict (1805) (category Gunvessels of the Royal Navy)
surviving British participants in the battle. On 19 June 1809 Insolent, Arrow, and Conflict were in company when they captured the French brig Amitaire...
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Conservation Trust. Retrieved 24 May 2024. "Why is there a giant concrete arrow on…". burnhamandhighbridgenews.co.uk. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2024...
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January United Kingdom John Elder & Co. Glasgow Rambler Algerine-class gunvessel For Royal Navy. 27 January United Kingdom Palmer's Shipbuilding and...
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Matthew Smith commissioned Milbrook in December 1798. She was re-rated as a gunvessel in 1799. In February 1800 Smith wrote that the Barrack-master-general...
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Maritime Attraction Park Willemsoord. Since 2005 the historic Samarang-class gunvessel (Schroefstoomschip 4e klasse) HNLMS Bonaire, launched in 1880, is being...
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Willem III-class steamship For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland. 9 March United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Woodlark Plover-class gunvessel For Royal Navy...
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and originated due to the company's and the ship's link to the 'bow and arrow' iconography. Lt. Coulton got married and changed her name while she was...
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