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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| NIGER |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1880 |
10/03/1880 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Naval
| Composite Paddle Steamer 2 Masts |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| John Elder & Co., Govan |
Fairfield Yard |
229 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 543 disp |
160 ft |
25 ft 6 in |
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8 ft 5 in |
| Engine builder |
, |
| Engine detail |
| Side paddle, 540ihp |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Admiralty |
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| Other names |
| 1881 HMS COCKATRICE - 1906 HMS MOORHEN |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
Composite Paddle Vessel – Special Service Vessel
also called a Gunboat |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1899 |
Broken Up |
| Disposal Detail |
| sold for BU 1899 |
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Cockatrice astern of Samson, Malta c1895.
Image courtesy of :
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