HMS Reindeer (1866)

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HMS Rinaldo, a sister-ship of Reindeer
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Reindeer
Builder
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

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.

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