Redwing, 1855
Type: Gunboat ; Armament 3
Launched : 19 Mar 1855 ; Disposal date or year : 1878
Disposal Details : Broken up Devonport
BM: 232 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 60 hp
Notes:
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 Devonport. In Harbour
24 Feb 1856 Devonport. At anchor in the Sound in the lee of the breakwater
23 Apr 1856, Present at Fleet Review, Spithead ; Blue Squadron ; Commander Forbes
1857 Harbour Service
1860 Tender to Cambridge, Devonport
1870 Tender to Cambridge, Devonport