HMS Sepoy (1856)

	Sepoy's sister ship, Raven
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sepoy
Ordered	4 October 1855
Builder	T & W Smith, North Shields
Cost	£10,725
Laid down	8 October 1855
Launched	13 February 1856
Commissioned	5 April 1856
Fate	Broken up 1868
General characteristics
Class and type	Albacore-class gunboat of 1855
Displacement	284 tons
Tons burthen	232 68/94 bm
Length	106 ft (32 m) (gundeck); 93 ft 2+1⁄2 in (28.410 m) (keel);
Beam	22 ft 0 in (6.7 m)
Draught	6 ft 6 in (2.0 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	Horizontal single-expansion, direct-acting steam engine; Three cylindrical boilers; Single screw;
Speed	7+1⁄2 kn (13.9 km/h)
Complement	36 - 40
Armament	1 × 68-pounder 95 cwt muzzle-loading smooth-bore gun aft; 1 × 32-pounder muzzle-loading smooth-bore gun fwd; 2 × 24-pounder howitzers on broadside trucks;

HMS Sepoy was a 4-gun Albacore-class gunboat of the Royal Navy launched in 1856 and broken up in 1868.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.

History
Sepoy's sister ship, Raven
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sepoy
Ordered	4 October 1855
Builder	T & W Smith, North Shields
Cost	£10,725^[1]
Laid down	8 October 1855
Launched	13 February 1856
Commissioned	5 April 1856^[1]
Fate	Broken up 1868^[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Albacore-class gunboat of 1855
Displacement	284 tons
Tons burthen	232 68/94 bm
Length	106 ft (32 m) (gundeck) 93 ft 2+1⁄2 in (28.410 m) (keel)
Beam	22 ft 0 in (6.7 m)
Draught	6 ft 6 in (2.0 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft (2.4 m)^[1]
Propulsion	Horizontal single-expansion, direct-acting steam engine Three cylindrical boilers Single screw^[1]
Speed	7+1⁄2 kn (13.9 km/h)
Complement	36 - 40
Armament	1 × 68-pounder 95 cwt muzzle-loading smooth-bore gun aft 1 × 32-pounder muzzle-loading smooth-bore gun fwd 2 × 24-pounder howitzers on broadside trucks^[1]