Pet, 1856
Type: Gunboat ; Armament 2
Launched : 9 Feb 1856 ; Disposal date or year : 1904
BM: 212 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 20 hp
Notes:

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

19 Feb 1856 Lieut WR Stubbs apptd. In command

24 Feb 1856 Avon and Prospero, from Pembroke Dock, arrived Plymouth with Pet and Nettle. Both were taken into the basin dock at Devonport to have their engines and boilers fitted

24 Feb 1856 Devonport. Now commissioned.

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

1865 Hulk

1870 Coal Depot, Portsmouth

1879 Portsmouth

Pet, 1914
Type: Unknown, but performing the duties of a monitor ; Armament 1 x 4.7"
Notes:

From Aug 1914 Employed off the coast of Belgium and France, against German forces - see p. 198 www.naval-review.org/issues/1919-2.pdf.