Magpie, 1855
Type: Gunboat ; Armament 3
Launched : 15 Mar 1855 ; Disposal date or year : 3 Apr 1864
Disposal Details : Wrecked in Galway Bay ; Lt. Geo. Robt. Bell.
BM: 232 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 60 hp
Notes:
1855 Baltic tender to Orion
1855 Bombardment of Sveaborg
All gunboats from 1 Jan 1856, are to be commissioned as independent commands with a crew of 36 men and officers.
4 Feb 1856 Devonport. In Keyham Basin
23 Apr 1856, Present at Fleet Review, Spithead ; Blue Squadron ; Commander Pim
1860 Tender to Hawke at Queenstown