HMS Dart

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Dart, 1860
Type: Gunvessel ; Armament 5
Launched : 10 Mar 1860 ; BM: 428 tons ; Displacement: 570 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 336 hpi 80 hp
Notes:

1860 Woolwich

11 Mar 1862 Portsmouth. Commissioned.

11 Jul 1862 detained in Lat. 8� 20' S., long. 12� 45' E., a slave brig, Name Unknown, which was sent for adjudication to the Vice-Admiralty Court at St. Helena and sentenced to be condemned.

7 Jul 1864 detained off Vista, River Congo, a slave schooner, Name Unknown, which was sent for adjudication to the Vice-Admiralty Court at St. Helena, and sentenced to be condemned.

22 Jul 1864 detained in the Bay of Mayumba the slave vessel Melvira, alias Charles, which was sent for adjudication to the Vice-Admiralty Court at St. Helena and sentenced to be condemned.

1864 West Coast of Africa station. Overview and medical report of diarrhoea, and fever onboard : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

23 Jan - 1 Feb 1870, captured the Anna. Regret that the London Gazette gives no more information.

1870 North America and West Indies (ordered home)

1879 Portsmouth

1882 Renamed Kangaroo


Dart, <-1861-62->
Type: Pitch Boat ;
BM: 48 tons
Notes:

1861-62 classified in the Naval Budget as a Yard Craft at Portsmouth.