H.M.S. Vixen (1865)
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H.M.S. Vixen (1865) | |
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Builder: | Lungley, Deptford[1] |
Laid down: | 1864[2] |
Launched: | 18 Nov, 1865[3] |
Commissioned: | 1 October, 1866[4] |
Broken up: | 1896[5] |
Contents
Service
From 1869 through 1892, the Navy List shows her at Bermuda, but with no officers assigned to her.
Vixen was commissioned on 1 October 1866. On 15 November she took on powder at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, consisting of 70 cases of 1.25 cwt each. On 16 November, she received a final inspection from Commodore Edmonstone, Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard.[6]
Captains
The Navy List never shows any officers assigned to between 1869 and 1892.
- Commander Spencer P. Brett, 1 October, 1866[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 17 Oct. 1866, p. 10.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 16 Nov. 1866, p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 1 Oct. 1866, p. 10.
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