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Name: COCKATRICE
Type: Gunboat
Launched: 24/05/1860
Completed: 04/1861
Builder: T & W Smith, Limekilns Shore
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 330disp, 120.0 x 22.0 x 9.0ft
Engines: 2cyl, 60nhp
Engines by: John Penn & Sons, London
Propulsion: 1 x Screw and rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Armament: 2 x 1 x 68pdr guns
History:
04/1861 British Royal Navy
1885 Unknown Owner
No later history known
Comments: A member of the Britomart Class
1882: Used as luggage lighter YC10
1885: Sold at Malta