HMS Reindeer (1866)

Summary

HMS Reindeer was a Royal Navy wooden-hulled screw-driven sloop of the Camelion class, in service from 1866 to 1876. In 1868 she claimed Caroline Island for the British Crown.

HMS Rinaldo, a sister-ship of Reindeer
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Reindeer
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Chatham
Laid downMay 1860
Launched29 March 1866
CommissionedOctober 1866
FateSold out of service, 28 August 1873
General characteristics
Class and typeCamelion-class sloop
Displacement1,365 tons
Length185 ft (56 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draught14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
PropulsionScrew; 200 hp (150 kW) engine
Speed9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement180
Armament
  • 5 × 40 pdr guns
  • 12 × 32 pdr guns

References edit

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.