HMS Reindeer (1866)

History
HMS Rinaldo, a sister-ship of Reindeer

Name:	HMS Reindeer
Builder:	Royal Dockyard, Chatham
Laid down:	May 1860
Launched:	1866-03-29
Commissioned:	October 1866
Fate:	Sold out of service, 28 August 1873
General characteristics
Class & type:	Camelion-class sloop
Displacement:	1,365 tons
Length:	185 ft (56 m)
Beam:	33 ft (10 m)
Draught:	14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
Propulsion:	Screw; 200 hp engine
Speed:	9 kts
Complement:	180
Armament:	5 × 40 pdr guns 12 × 32 pdr guns

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Reindeer.

HMS Reindeer was a Royal Navy wooden-hulled screw-driven sloop of the Camelion class, in service from 1866 to 1876. In 1868 she claimed Caroline Island for the British Crown.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

Camelion-class sloops

Completed ships	Camelion Pelican Rinaldo Zebra Perseus Chanticleer Reindeer Rattler

Cancelled ships	Harlequin Tees Sappho Diligence Imogene Success

Converted ships	Trent (completed as the ironclad sloop Research) Circassian (completed as the ironclad sloop Enterprise)

Preceded by: Greyhound class Followed by: Rosario class List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy

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