NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Cheerful			Deptford DYd	2.7.1855	6.10.1855	11.12.1855	BU 1.1869
Chub			Sheerness DYd	6.7.1855	15.10.1855	20.2.1856	BU 1.1869
Daisy			Thomas Westbrook, Blackwall	14.11.1855	20.3.1856	29.4.1856	BU 1.1869
Dwarf			Thomas Westbrook, Blackwall	19.11.1855	8.4.1856	3.7.1856	BU 1863
Blossom (ex-Careful)			John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead	11.1855	21.4.1856	7.1856	BU 10.1864
Gadfly			John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead	1.12.1855	21.4.1856	7.1856	BU 11.1864
Gnat			John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead	12.1855	10.5.1856	7.1856	BU 8.1864
Garland			John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead	12.1855	7.5.1856	7.1856	BU 6.1864
Fidget			Wm Joyce, Greenwich	27.11.1855	7.4.1856	5.7.1856	BU 1863
Flirt			Wm Joyce, Greenwich	27.11.1855	7.6.1856	29.4.1858	BU 4.1864
Onyx			Young, Magnay & Co, Limehouse	15.12.1855	3.4.1856	15.4.1856	dockyard craft 1869
Pert			Young, Magnay & Co, Limehouse	15.12.1855	3.4.1856	15.4.1856	BU 3.1864
Midge			Young, Magnay & Co, Limehouse	15.12.1855	8.5.1856	26.7.1856	BU 10.1864
Tiny			Young, Magnay & Co, Limehouse	15.12.1855	8.5.1856	1856?	BU 1.1864
Angler			Devonport DYd	4.12.1855	8.3.1856	7.4.1856	BU 1.1869
Ant			Devonport DYd	4.12.1855	22.3.1856	28.6.1858	BU 2.1869
Nettle			Pembroke DYd	1.12.1855	9.2.1856	17.4.1856	BU 10.1867
Pet			Pembroke DYd	12.1855	9.2.1856	17.4.1856	hulk 1865
Decoy			Pembroke DYd	12.1855	21.2.1856	17.4.1856	BU 2.1869
Rambler (ex-Ramble)			Pembroke DYd	12.1855	21.2.1856	17.4.1856	BU 1.1869

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	212bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	30.5 pp
Breadth, m	6.65
Draught, m	1.98
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 2 cylindrical boilers, 1 1-cyl HSE direct-acting
Power, h. p.	Onyx: 92ihp
Max speed, kts	Onyx: 6.8
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML
Complement	30

Project history

Wooden-hulled 'Crimean' gunboats. W. H. Walker shallow-draught design of 1855.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.