HMS Intrepid (1855) explained
-- full code -->Ship Name: | HMS Intrepid | Ship Builder: | Wigram, fitted with engines at the East India Docks | Ship Launched: | 13 November 1855 | Ship Fate: | Sold, 1864 |
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HMS Intrepid was a Victorian era British
Royal Navy sloop of war[1] and the lead ship of six
Intrepid-class gunvessels. She was a member of Blue Squadron in the 23 April 1856 Fleet Review of ships which had taken part in
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier's Baltic Sea campaign against Russia during the
Crimean War.
[1] On 17 November 1859,
Intrepid ran ashore near
Mytilene,
Greece.
[2] She was part of the
Mediterranean Fleet in 1860.
[1] References
- Web site: HMS Intrepid, 1855 . P. Benyon's Naval Database . 26 May 2015 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924065822/http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/I/02439.html . dead .
- News: Mercantile Ship News . The Standard . London . 19 November 1859 . 11004 . 7 .