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Name | HMS Intrepid |
Builder | Wigram, fitted with engines at the East India Docks[1] |
Launched | 13 November 1855[1] |
Fate | Sold, 1864[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Intrepid-class gunvessel |
Tons burthen | 862 bm[1] |
Armament | 6 guns[1] |
HMS Intrepid was a Victorian era British Royal Navy sloop of war[1] and the lead ship of six Intrepid-class gunvessels. She was a member of Blue Squadron in the 23 April 1856 Fleet Review of ships which had taken part in Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier's Baltic Sea campaign against Russia during the Crimean War.[1] On 17 November 1859, Intrepid ran ashore near Mytilene, Greece.[2] She was part of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1860.[1]
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