HMS Vestal (1833)
HMS Vestal (1833)


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NameVestal (1833)Explanation
TypeSixth rate   
Launched6 April 1833
HullWooden
PropulsionSail
Builders measure913 tons
Displacement 
Guns26
Fate1862
Class 
Ships book
Note 
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
6 May 1833
- 1837
Commanded by Captain William Jones, North America and West Indies
27 November 1837
- 19 August 1841
Commanded by Captain Thomas Wren Carter, North America & West Indies
20 August 1841
- 14 July 1842
Commanded (until paying off) by Captain John Parker, North America and West Indies
(January 1843)Out of commission at Sheerness
2 November 1843
- 15 July 1847
Commanded by Captain Charles Talbot, East Indies
7 June 1852Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, North America and West Indies
7 June 1853
- 10 December 1856
Commanded by Captain Thomas Pickering Thompson, North America and West Indies


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