HMS Grappler (1856)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Grappler.
HMS Grappler was an Albacore-class gunboat of the Royal Navy. She served on what is now the British Columbia Coast from 1859 until sold into commercial service in 1868. She sank with significant loss of life as result of a fire in 1883.
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Name | HMS Grappler |
Ordered | 4 October 1855 |
Builder | Money Wigram & Sons, Blackwall, London |
Laid down | 12 October 1855 |
Launched | 29 March 1856 |
Out of service | Sold into mercantile service on 6 January 1868 |
Fate | Burnt, 3 May 1883. Broken up 1884. |
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Class and type | Albacore-class gunboat |
Tons burthen | 232 68/94 bm |
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Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
Draught | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
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Speed | 7.5 knots (14 km/h) under engines |
Complement | 36-40 |
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