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Pelorus, 1857
Type: Corvette ; Armament 21
Launched : 5 Feb 1857 ;
Disposal date or year : 1869
BM: 1462 tons ; Displacement: 2330 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 400
Notes:
1857, one of the first vessels of the Navy to possess a gun-sight.
31 Jan 1859 at Jeddah.
1860 Australia Station
11 Sept 1863 Devonport. Commissioned.
1864 China station. Medical report : fever, and small-pox onboard : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.