HMS Reindeer (1866)

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.

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

HMS Rinaldo, a sister-ship of Reindeer
History
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 and 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

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.