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| Name | Peterel (1860) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 10 November 1860 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 160 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 140 |
| Builders measure | 669 tons | ||
| Displacement | 847 tons | ||
| Guns | 11 | ||
| Fate | 1901 | Last in commission | 1876 |
| Class | Rosario | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/357 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 10 November 1860 | Launched at Devonport Dockyard. | ||
| 2 February 1862 - 20 February 1864 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander George Willes Watson, North America and West Indies | ||
| 20 February 1864 - 21 August 1865 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Commander Edward Madden, North America and West Indies | ||
| 2 June 1866 - 6 September 1868 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander William Elrington Gordon, Cape of Good Hope and east coast of Africa | ||
| 16 April 1868 - 7 April 1870 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Commander Ernest Grey Lambton Cochrane, Cape of Good Hope then (July 1869) west coast of Africa | ||
| 1 March 1872 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander Cecil George Sloane Stanley, Pacific | ||
| (May 1874) - 23 June 1876 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Commander William Edgar De Crackenthorpe Cookson, Pacific | ||
| December 1877 | Lightship. | ||
| (1879) | East coast of Ireland; lightship to mark the wreck of Vanguard, sunk in a collision with Iron Duke. | ||
| December 1885 | Coal depot. | ||
| October 1901 | Sold. | ||
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