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Minx, 1846
Type: Tank vessel ; late Steam Gun vessel ; Armament 2
Launched : 5 Sep 1846 ;
BM: 303 tons ; Displacement: 250 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 32 hpi 10 hp
Notes:
Jan, 1846, Minx, 4, iron steamer, Miller and Ravenhill, three-fourths built, at Blackwall.
20 Dec 1848 Woolwich.
18 Sep 1854 off Lagos where Kosoko was threatening the peace,
28 Sep 1854 have eventually arrived off the Appi River, with the Crane, 45 miles from Lagos and obtained Kosoko's signature on a treaty or agreement not to threaten Lagos again.
8 Nov 1854 at Accra it is reported by the Scourge that fever has broken out on board the Minx and that she had been sent to Ascension via Prince's Island.
19 Oct 1855 up the Old Calabar River.
1859 converted to Tank vessel
1860 Portland
1870 Devonport
1879 Devonport
1890 Devonport
Minx, 1900
Type: Tank Vessel (Steel) ;
Acquired : 1900 ;
Displacement: 390 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: I.H.P. 300
Notes:
NL Jan 1921 based at Plymouth.
1946 put up for sale.