HMS Highflyer (1851)
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| Name: | HMS Highflyer |
| Builder: | Mare, Blackwall |
| Launched: | 13 August 1851 |
| Fate: | Broken up May 1871, at Portsmouth |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 1,153 tons |
| Length: | 192 ft (59 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 6 in (11.1 m) |
| Armament: |
21 guns: 1 x 10 in gun 20 x 8 in guns |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Highflyer.
HMS Highflyer was a 21 gun wooden screw frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Mare, of Blackwall and launched on 13 August 1851. She spent twenty years in service before being broken up at Portsmouth in May 1871.
[edit] References
Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
