HMS Peterel (1860)
![]() Rosario-class sloop Peterel
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Name | HMS Peterel |
Ordered | 1 April 1857 |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Laid down | 5 December 1859 |
Launched | 10 November 1860 |
Completed | March 1862 |
Reclassified |
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Fate | Sold in October 1901 |
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Class and type | Rosario-class sloop |
Displacement | 913 tons |
Tons burthen | 668 76⁄94 bm |
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Beam | 30 ft 4 in (9.25 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 10 in (4.83 m) |
Depth of hold | 18 ft 11 in (5.77 m) |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan |
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Speed | 8.982 knots (16.635 km/h; 10.336 mph) (under engines) |
Complement | 130-150 |
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HMS Peterel was a Rosario-class sloop of the Royal Navy.
Peterel served three commissions as a warship, on the North America and West Indies Station, the Cape of Good Hope Station and the Pacific Station. In 1877 she became a lightship marking the wreck of HMS Vanguard, then in 1885 she was converted into a coal depot before finally being sold in 1901, the longest lived of her class.
The ship's figurehead has survived and after restoration in 2005 was placed on display at the Apprentice Exhibition in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.[1]
References[]
- 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.
Categories:
- 1860 ships
- Ships built in Plymouth, Devon
- Rosario-class sloops