HMS Barrosa (1860)

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

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Barrosa
Launched10 March 1860
Out of service1873
FateBroken up in 1887
General characteristics
Class and typeJason-class corvette
Length225 ft (69 m)
PropulsionScrew
Complement240
Armament21
The Red Battery opening fire on the Allied corvettes, including Barrosa, at the Bombardment of Shimonoseki, 1864
Barrosa and the British Flying Squadron leaving False Bay, Cape of Good Hope on 18 October 1869

HMS Barrosa was a Jason-class corvette launched on 10 March 1860 at Woolwich Dockyard and scrapped in 1877. She was 225 ft long, 41 ft wide and of 1,700 tons builders measurement, and armed with 16 × 8n, 1 × 7in and 4 × 40pdr guns. She bombarded Shimonoseki in 1864, and was part of the Flying Squadron between 1869 and 1873.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Barrosa". pdavis.nl. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. ^ "HMS Barrosa (1860) 2". britainsnavy.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2019.


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