HMS Nimble (1860)
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Nimble's sister ship Jeanette (ex-HMS Pandora) at Le Havre in 1878
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Name | HMS Nimble |
Ordered | 27 March 1858 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard, Wales |
Laid down | 30 October 1859 |
Launched | 15 September 1860[1] |
Commissioned | 8 April 1861[1] |
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Displacement | 570 tons |
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Beam | 25 ft 4 in (7.7 m) [1] |
Depth of hold | 13 ft (3.96 m) |
Installed power | 334 ihp (249 kW)[1] |
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Speed | 9.9 knots (18 km/h)[1] |
Complement | 60 |
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HMS Nimble was a wooden Philomel-class gunvessel of the Royal Navy. She was equipped with 5 guns. She became a drill ship for the Royal Naval Reserve at Hull in 1885 and was disposed of in 1906.
History
[edit]HMS Nimble was launched on 15 September 1860 from the Pembroke Dockyard. In 1861 she was commanded by Lieutenant [citation needed] On 1 October 1866, she was blown ashore in a hurricane at Nassau, Bahamas.[2][3] John D'Arcy on the North America and West Indies Station as a tender to HMS Nile. Commander Frederick William Lee was in command of Nimble from 19 October 1870 to 4 December 1871 and employed at Zanzibar in the suppression of the slave trade. She was placed in harbour service in 1879, and became a Royal Naval Reserve training ship at Hull in 1885.
She was sold to W. R. James on 10 July 1906.
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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