HMS Beacon

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Beacon, 1867
Type: Composite Gunvessel ; Armament 4
Launched : 17 Aug 1867 ; Disposal date or year : 1888
BM: 465 tons ; Displacement: 584 tons
Propulsion: Double Screw
Machinery notes: 506 h.p.i. 120 h.p.
Notes:

1870 South East Coast of America.

2 Apr 1871, for census, at Rio De Janerio.

24 Jan 1874 at Cape Coast Castle during the Ashanti War.

23 Jan 1879 Commissioned Chatham.

1879 East Indies.