HMS Nimble (1860)

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

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.

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]

History

HMS Nimble was launched on 15 September 1860 from the Pembroke Dockyard. In 1861 she was commanded by Lieutenant ^{[citation needed]} John D'Arcy on the North America and West Indies Station as a tender to HMS Nile. On 1 October 1866, she was blown ashore in a hurricane at Nassau, The Bahamas.^[2][3] 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.