Name | Nimble (1860) | Explanation | |
Type | Gunvessel | ||
Launched | 15 September 1860 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 428 tons | ||
Displacement | 570 tons | ||
Guns | 5 | ||
Fate | 1906 | ||
Class | Philomel | ||
Ships book | ADM 135/327 | ||
Note | 1879 h.s. | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
12 February 1861 | Commanded by Lieutenant John D'Arcy, North America and West Indies, tender to Nile | ||
23 October 1873 - 29 January 1875 | Commanded by Commander Henry Compton Best, East Indies (recommissioned at Bombay on 3 March 1874) |