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Jackal, 1844
Type: Gunvessel ; Armament 3
Launched : 29 Oct 1844 ; Disposal date or year : 1887
BM: 340 tons ; Displacement: 505 tons
Propulsion: Paddle
Machinery notes: 455 hpi 150 hp
Notes:

20 Dec 1848 Portsmouth.

Mar 1851, operations against the tribesmen of Bonbee and Battary who were involved in and supported the slave trade, by the ships' boats of the Archer and Jackal - see p. 393-4 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow

24 May 1851 At Ascension.

11 April 1859 Woolwich. Commissioned for Service on the Home Station.

1860 Coast of Scotland

1864 Home Station. Number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

1870 West Coast of Scotland

23 May 1876 Commissioned at Devonport

1879 East Coast of Scotland

1879 Tender: Daisy (Harbour Service)

Apr 1886 East Coast of Scotland