HMS Dapper

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Dapper, 1855
Type: Gunboat ; Armament 3
Launched : 31 Mar 1855 ; Disposal date or year : 1922
BM: 234 tons ; Displacement: 284 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 276 hpi 60 hp
Notes:

1855 Baltic (Colossus).

1855 Bombardment of Sveaborg.

All gunboats from 1 Jan 1856, are to be commissioned as independent commands with a crew of 36 men and officers.

4 Feb 1856 Portsmouth. In Fitting Basin.

23 Apr 1856, Present at Fleet Review, Spithead ; Blue Squadron ; Commander Dyer.

1860 Tender to Majestic, Liverpool.

1870 Tender to Britannia, Dartmouth.

8 Feb 1871 has arrived at Devonport for repair, and then to collect stores and supernumeraries for the Britannia.

1879 Tender to Britannia, Dartmouth.

1890 Devonport. Attached to "Cambridge" for instruction of Armourers.

1897 Cooking depot.


Dapper, 1921
Type: lighter ;
Notes:

NL Jan 1921 employed at Haulbowline.