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HMS ''Sepoy'' was a 4-gun ''Albacore''-class gunboat of the Royal Navy launched in 1856 and broken up in 1868. ==Construction== The ''Albacore'' class was ordered to meet the sudden need for shallow-draft vessels in the Black Sea and Baltic Sea during the Crimean War. Many of them were built of unseasoned timber, and their lives were consequently short. ''Sepoy'' was launched on 13 February 1856 at the North Shields yard of T & W Smith, and commissioned seven weeks later under Lieutenant-in-command Henry Needham Knox.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS ''Sepoy'' at William Loney website )〕 ==Career== According to ''The Times'' of 12 March 1856, the gunboats ''Sepoy'' and ''Erne'' left the Tyne in tow of the ''Cock-o'-the-North'', for Woolwich.〔''The Times (London)'', Wednesday, 12 March 1856, p.9〕 She was present at the Fleet Review, Spithead on 23 April the same year, as part of the White Squadron,〔''The Times (London)'', Thursday, 24 April 1856, p.7〕 and paid off at Sheerness on 28 May 1856.〔 In company with HM gunboats ''Bullfrog'', ''Carnation'' and ''Spanker'', from the 1st Division of Steam Reserve at Sheerness, she went to Gravesend on 5 March 1863 to take on board the RN Volunteers of the London division. They were embarked to fire a Royal salute on the arrival of the Princess Alexandra.〔''The Times (London)'', Wednesday, 4 March 1863, p.12〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Sepoy (1856)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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