HMS Actaeon (1886) (5th)
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This the fifth ship to carry the name HMS Actaeon was a
torpedo schoolship. Originally a fourth rate, 50-gun, ship, HMS Vernon. Built at Woolwich Dockyard, launched 01-May-1832, 176ft long, 52ft 6in wide, of 2,080 tons builders measurement and displacing 2,388 tons. Armed with 50 x 32pdr guns. Used as a torpedo schoolship from 1876, and renamed HMS Actaeon, 14-Jan-1886. Sold 14-Sep-1923.
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