HMS Intrepid (1855) explained

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Ship Name:HMS Intrepid
Ship Builder:Wigram, fitted with engines at the East India Docks
Ship Launched:13 November 1855
Ship Fate:Sold, 1864
Ship Class:Intrepid-class gunvessel
Ship Tons Burthen:862 bm
Ship Armament:6 guns[1]
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

  1. 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 .
  2. News: Mercantile Ship News . The Standard . London . 19 November 1859 . 11004 . 7 .