Histoire
This gunboat was built in 1868 by London Engineering Co. in Poplar.
Notes historiques
In 1869-1873 this vessel was commanded by Commander Arthur Richard Wright. This vessel was stationed on the Pacific Station 1874 -1879 under Lieutenant Charles R. Harris RN and Lieutenant Vere Bernard Orlebar RN. In the summer of 1877 this vesselshelled the village at Kimsquit and destroyed it in retribution when they believed that these First Nations people were involved in the murder of the survivors of the steamer George S. Wright. This vessel was decommissioned and sold in December 1888.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1868-1888 she was in commission as a warship of the Royal Navy.
Capitaines
Commander Arthur Richard Wright RN; Lieutenant Charles R. Harris RN; Lieutenant Vere Bernard Orlebar RN;
Armement
1-7"; 1-64pdr; 2-20pdr guns;
Lieux nommés
Rocket Shoal (BC) (It was named for H.M.S. Rocket by the Admiralty Hydrographic Office c1860.)
Références
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
- www.pdavis.nl ↗
- J.J. Colledge and Ben Warlow (2010) Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate Oxford UK
