HMS Coromandel (1855)
 HMS Coromandel in 1860
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Coromandel |
| Namesake | Coromandel Coast |
| Acquired | 8 January 1855 |
| Fate | Sold 17 August 1866 in Hong Kong. Renamed Naruto, the ship was broken up in 1876 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 303 builder's measure tons |
| Length | 172 ft (52 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
HMS Coromandel was a wooden paddle dispatch vessel of the Royal Navy. The ship was called Tartar before its purchase by the Navy in 1855, and was sold out of service in 1866. She served in the Arrow War (1856–1860) in China, firing the first shot of the war on 23 October 1856 during the capture of Canton.[1] She later served in the Battle of Fatshan Creek (1857), and the First and Third Battles of the Taku Forts in 1858 and 1860.
Notes
- ^ Kennedy, William (1900). Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor! Fifty Years in the Royal Navy. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. p. 39.
References
- 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.
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