HMS ''Peterel'' was a ''Rosario''-class sloop of the

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. ''Peterel'' served three commissions as a warship, on the

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, the

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and the

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. In 1877 she became a lightship marking the wreck of , then in 1885 she was converted into a coal depot before finally being sold in 1901, the longest lived of her class. The ship's

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has survived and after restoration in 2005 was placed on display at the Apprentice Exhibition in the

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.http://portsmouthdockyard.org.uk/PRDHT%20App%20Exhib%20walkround%20leaflet.pdf

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peterel, Hms 1860 ships Ships built in Plymouth, Devon Rosario-class sloops