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.

History

HMS Nimble was launched on 15 September 1860 from the Pembroke Dockyard. In 1861 she was commanded by Lieutenant On 1 October 1866, she was blown ashore in a hurricane at Nassau, Bahamas. John D'Arcy on the North America and West Indies Station as a tender to . Commander Frederick William Lee was in command of Nimble from 19 October 1870 to 4 December 1871 and employed at Zanzibar in the suppression of the slave trade. She was placed in harbour service in 1879, and became a Royal Naval Reserve training ship at Hull in 1885.

HMS Nimble (1860)

She was sold to W. R. James on 10 July 1906.

HMS Nimble (1860)

References

Bibliography

External links

Nimble at the William Loney website

1860 ships

Ships built in Pembroke Dock

Philomel-class gunvessels

Victorian-era gunboats of the United Kingdom

Maritime incidents in October 1866

HMS Nimble (1860)