Vixen Class Gunboat (1865)
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Three Vixen Class Gunboats were completed for the Royal Navy in the mid 1860s. An experimental, armoured design, they were unhandy and were not repeated.
Overview of 3 vessels | |||||
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Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Viper | J. & W. Dudgeon, Limehouse | 1864 | 21 Dec, 1865 | 1867 | Sold 1908 |
Vixen | Lungley, Deptford | 1864 | 18 Nov, 1865 | 1866 | Broken up 1896 |
Waterwitch | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall | 1864 | 28 Jun, 1866 | 1867 | Sold 1890 |
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Vixen Class Armoured Gunboat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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<– | Britomart Class | Small Fry (UK) | H.M.S. Staunch | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
<– | Britomart Class | Gunboats (UK) | H.M.S. Staunch | –> |