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She was commissioned on 22 March 1845 under the command of
Commander George William Douglas O'Callaghan, RN for service on the North America and West Indies Station. Lieutenant Herbert Grey Austen, RN assumed command on 19 February 1847. She returned to Home Waters paying off on 14 September 1848.
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was initially a Steam Vessel second class (later reclassed as a First Class Sloop) designed by Sir
William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, and built at Sheerness. She was commissioned and participated in the bombardment of Acre in 1840, during the Russian War she was in the Black Sea and the Sea of
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On March 22, 1852, she was commissioned under
Commander Frederick Lamport Barnard, RN, then recommissioned on 17 August 1853 under Commander Richard Ashmore Powell, RN for service in the Mediterranean. During the Russian War she was at the bombardment of Sevastopol on 11 October 1854. Commander
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She was commissioned on 31 August 1840 under the command of
Commander Thomas Henderson, RN for service in the Mediterranean. She was with the British squadron off the coast of Syria in November 1840. She participated in the bombardment of Acre on 3 November. Commander Erasmus Ommanney, RN took
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She was commissioned on 16 July 1862 under
Captain Richard Vesey Hamilton, RN for service in the West Indies. Prior to her departure she had been fitted with an Armstrong 110-pounder gun. She returned to Home Waters and paid off at Portsmouth on 8 November 1864.
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She commissioned for service on the West Coast of Africa under
Commodore Charles Wise, RN as the Senior Officer's Ship, on 20 April 1857. She returned to Home Waters paying off at Deptford on 22 February 1860.
381:. She was launched on 11 July 1839. She was completed for sea on 20 April 1840 at an initial cost of £39,505, including £21,707 for hull construction, £13,309 for her machinery and £4,389 for her fitting out.
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Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by
Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © 2020, e
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Winfield, The Sail & Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815 to 1889, by David Lyon & Rif Winfield, published by Chatham Publishing, London © 2004,
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Commander Edward George Hore, RN took command on 29 October 1855 and returned to the
Mediterranean. She returned to Home Waters and paid off at Woolwich on 17 January 1856.
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369:) since it was used for a 8-gun fireship, launched by Taylor of Cuckold's Point on 30 March 1691 and expended on 19 November 1693 at St Malo.
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She was initially commissioned in May 1840 under the command of
Lieutenant William Simpson Blount, RN for trials then used as a transport.
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Sherard Osborn, RN took command on 16 February 1855. After the occupation of Kertch, she participated in the naval excursion led by HMS
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The New Navy List, conducted by Joseph Allen, Esq., RN, London: Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, Military Library, Whitehall, MDCCCXLVII
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Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1817 – 1863), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2014, e
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She was sold in June 1865 to White of East Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was towed to Cowes on 10 November 1865 for breaking.
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into the Sea of Azov. On 6 June 1855, she was under the command of Commander Francis Marten, RN (borne in
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Azov in 1855. Her last overseas posting was in the West Indies. She was sold for breaking in June 1865.
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command on 23 August 1841. She returned to Home Waters paying off at Woolwich on 15 November 1844.
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A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £4,492,900 in today's money.
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She was ordered on 12 March 1838 with her laid in September at
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
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Winfield, Chronology of the Navy 1817 to 1863, 1855
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419:Fleet Forming Line Abreast at the 11 August 1853
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227:34 ft 1 in (10.4 m) for tonnage
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209:180 ft 0 in (54.9 m) gundeck
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273:2-cylinder side lever steam engine
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316:2 × 68-pdr (64 cwt) carronades
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340:4 × 32-pdr (42 cwt) MLSB guns
331:4 × 32-pdr (42 cwt) MLSB guns
328:1 × 68-pdr (84 cwt) MLSB guns
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153:General characteristics
16:Sloop of the Royal Navy
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388:Commissioned service
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173:Displacement
117:Commissioned
104:11 July 1839
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21:HMS Vesuvius
487:Disposition
125:Honours and
1089:1839 ships
1073:Categories
1048:Barracouta
914:Salamander
724:References
294:Complement
268:Propulsion
176:1,283 tons
973:Stromboli
900:Messenger
814:Stromboli
800:Stromboli
515:Citations
323:From 1856
286:3-masted
283:Sail plan
132:Acre 1840
109:Completed
93:Laid down
79:Sheerness
1027:Basilisk
1019:Antelope
821:Vesuvius
716:Winfield
707:Winfield
698:Winfield
689:Winfield
671:Winfield
662:Winfield
644:Winfield
608:Winfield
599:Winfield
581:Winfield
572:Winfield
563:Winfield
554:Winfield
527:Winfield
425:Vesuvius
363:Vesuvius
359:Vesuvius
351:Vesuvius
308:As built
302:Armament
120:May 1840
101:Launched
57:Vesuvius
1034:Buzzard
1012:Trident
997:Bulldog
921:Phoenix
437:Miranda
276:Paddles
234:Draught
192:⁄
88:£39,505
71:Builder
63:Ordered
35:History
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981:Alecto
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950:Gorgon
942:Hermes
846:Alecto
758:(EPUB)
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421:Review
367:Vesuve
204:Length
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1005:Janus
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837:Hydra
495:Notes
752:ISBN
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334:1862
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219:Beam
158:Type
145:Fate
85:Cost
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52:Name
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