page_title: Algerine-class gunboat
section_title: Bombay Marine versions
hierarchical_section_title: Algerine-class gunboat / Bombay Marine versions
caption_attribution_description: English: Engagement with the Tae-Ping Rebels at Nanking, By Her Majesty's Ships Furious, Retribution, Cruizer, Dove and Lee on the 20 November 1858, during their passage up the Yang-Tse-Kiang conveying... the Earl of Elgin...
context_page_description: The Algerine-class gunboats were a class of six 3-gun wooden gunboats built for the Royal Navy in 1857. A further pair were built in India for the Bombay Marine in 1859.
  An enlarged version of the very numerous Albacore class, they reflected the change in use from coastal operations towards deep-water cruising, but were delivered too late to see action in the Crimean War. They were the first class of Royal Navy gunboat to incorporate a hoisting screw, which gave them improved performance under sail. The last man hung from the yardarm in the Royal Navy was a Royal Marine executed on 13 July 1860 in Leven.
context_section_description: Having proved their worth in the Royal Navy, two copies were built of teak at Bombay for the Bombay Marine.
caption: Lee in action against the Taiping, 20 November 1858
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