HMS Barracouta

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HMS Barracouta was the last paddle sloop built for the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched in 1851. She served in the Pacific theatre of the Crimean War, in the Second Opium War and in the Anglo-Ashanti wars. She paid off for the last time in 1877 and was broken up in 1881.

1851  WikimediaWikidata
paddle sloop, Pembroke Dockyard, Royal NavyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland


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