HMS Nimble (1860)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Nimble.

Nimble's sister ship Jeanette (ex-HMS Pandora) at Le Havre in 1878
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Nimble
Ordered	27 March 1858
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard, Wales
Laid down	30 October 1859
Launched	15 September 1860[1]
Commissioned	8 April 1861[1]
Fate	Harbour service 1879 RNR training ship at Hull 1885 Sold to W R James on 10 July 1906[1]
General characteristics
Displacement	570 tons
Length	145 ft (44.2 m) oa 127 ft 10.25 in (39.0 m) pp
Beam	25 ft 4 in (7.7 m) [1]
Depth of hold	13 ft (3.96 m)
Installed power	334 ihp (249 kW)[1]
Propulsion	Single 2-cyl. horizontal single-expansion steam engine by A & J Inglis Single screw
Speed	9.9 knots (18 km/h)[1]
Complement	60
Armament	One 68-pdr muzzle-loading smooth-bore gun Two 24-pdr howitzers Two 20-pdr breech-loading guns[1]

HMS Nimble was a wooden Philomel-class gunvessel of the Royal Navy. She was equipped with 5 guns. She became a drill ship for the Royal Naval Reserve at Hull in 1885 and was disposed of in 1906.

History

HMS Nimble was launched on 15 September 1860 from the Pembroke Dockyard. In 1861 she was commanded by Lieutenant ^[citation needed] On 1 October 1866, she was blown ashore in a hurricane at Nassau, Bahamas.[2][3] John D'Arcy on the North America and West Indies Station as a tender to HMS Nile. Commander Frederick William Lee was in command of Nimble from 19 October 1870 to 4 December 1871 and employed at Zanzibar in the suppression of the slave trade. She was placed in harbour service in 1879, and became a Royal Naval Reserve training ship at Hull in 1885.

She was sold to W. R. James on 10 July 1906.

References

1. Winfield (2004) p.221
2. "Ship News". The Times. No. 25548. London. 6 November 1866. col F, p. 10.
3. "The Hurricane at the Bahamas". The Times. No. 25557. London. 16 November 1866. col B-C, p. 8.

Bibliography

• Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.

External links

• Nimble at the William Loney website