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Name: STAUNCH
Type: Gunboat
Keel: 17/06/1867
Launched: 04/12/1867
Completed: 05/1868
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 160
Dimensions: 180disp, 80.0 x 25.0 x 6.4ft
Engines: 2 x 1cyl, 150ihp
Engines by: R Stephenson, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 7knots
Construction: Iron
Armament: 1 x 9.0ins gun
History:
05/1868 British Royal Navy
1904 Broken up
Comments: An Armstrong contract built using the facilities at the Mitchell yard


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