HMS Nimble (1860)
HMS Nimble was a wooden Philomel-class gunvessel of the Royal Navy. She was equipped with 5 guns. She became a drill ship for the Royal Naval Reserve at Hull in 1885 and was disposed of in 1906.
 Nimble's sister ship Jeanette (ex-HMS Pandora) at Le Havre in 1878 | |
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| Name: | HMS Nimble |
| Ordered: | 27 March 1858 |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard, Wales |
| Laid down: | 30 October 1859 |
| Launched: | 15 September 1860[1] |
| Commissioned: | 8 April 1861[1] |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 570 tons |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 25 ft 4 in (7.7 m) [1] |
| Depth of hold: | 13 ft (3.96 m) |
| Installed power: | 334 ihp (249 kW)[1] |
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| Speed: | 9.9 knots (18 km/h)[1] |
| Complement: | 60 |
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History
HMS Nimble was launched on 15 September 1860 from the Pembroke Dockyard. In 1861 she was commanded by Lieutenant On 1 October 1866, she was blown ashore in a hurricane at Nassau, Bahamas.[2][3] John D'Arcy on the North America and West Indies Station as a tender to HMS Nile. Commander Frederick William Lee was in command of Nimble from 19 October 1870 to 4 December 1871 and employed at Zanzibar in the suppression of the slave trade. She was placed in harbour service in 1879, and became a Royal Naval Reserve training ship at Hull in 1885.
She was sold to W. R. James on 10 July 1906.
References
- Winfield (2004) p.221
- "Ship News". The Times (25548). London. 6 November 1866. col F, p. 10.
- "The Hurricane at the Bahamas". The Times (25557). London. 16 November 1866. col B-C, p. 8.
Bibliography
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6.