HMS Nimble (1860)

Nimble's sister ship Jeanette (ex-HMS Pandora) at Le Havre in 1878
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Nimble
Ordered27 March 1858
BuilderPembroke Dockyard, Wales
Laid down30 October 1859
Launched15 September 1860
Commissioned8 April 1861
Fate
  • Harbour service 1879
  • RNR training ship at Hull 1885
  • Sold to W R James on 10 July 1906
General characteristics
Displacement570 tons
Length
  • 145 ft (44.2 m) oa
  • 127 ft 10.25 in (39.0 m) pp
Beam25 ft 4 in (7.7 m)
Depth of hold13 ft (3.96 m)
Installed power334 ihp (249 kW)
Propulsion
  • Single 2-cyl. horizontal single-expansion steam engine by A & J Inglis
  • Single screw
Speed9.9 knots (18 km/h)
Complement60
Armament
  • One 68-pdr muzzle-loading smooth-bore gun
  • Two 24-pdr howitzers
  • Two 20-pdr breech-loading guns

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.