HMS ''Bloodhound'' was an iron-hulled paddle gunvessel of the

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. She was built by Robert Napier and Sons at

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, to a design drawn up by the builder. She was fitted as a tender to the paddle frigate at

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between 1849 and 1851, She was broken up in 1866.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bloodhound, HMS Ships built on the River Clyde 1845 ships Victorian-era gunboats of the United Kingdom Gunvessels of the Royal Navy