HMS Acorn

HMS Acorn (1838)

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Name	Acorn (1838)	Explanation
Type	2nd class brig
Launched	15 November 1838
Hull	Wooden
Propulsion	Sail
Builders measure	485 tons
Displacement
Guns	12
Fate	1869
Class	Acorn
Ships book
Note	1861 c.h.
Snippets concerning this vessels career
Date	Event
19 January 1839 - 5 October 1843	Commanded by Commander John Adams, west coast of Africa, some of the time in charge of the station
14 December 1844 - 8 August 1848	Commanded by Commander John Elliot Bingham, south-east coast of America
6 May 1856	Commanded by Commander Arthur William Acland Hood, East Indies and China during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War)
1 March 1858	Commanded by Commander Richard Bulkeley Pearse, East Indies and China
21 February 1863	Commanded by Master Commander Henry Hutchings, hospital ship, Shanghai
*Extracts from the Times* newspaper**
Date	Extract
Fr 23 April 1841	Portsmouth.— There is a report that the Warspite, 50, is to be forthwith commissioned here, for the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Charles Napier, who is to have the command in the Pacific. The line-of-battle ships, Edinburgh, 72, Captain Henderson, and Bellerophon, 78, Captain C.J. Austen, are ordered home from the Mediterranean to be paid off, and may shortly be expected to arrive. The Hastings, 72, Captain Lawrence, will leave Malta for England, for the same purpose, in May next. The transport Belle Alliance, in command of Lieutenant Densten, has put into Plymouth from Deptford, with naval and ordnance stores for the squadron in the China seas. The Fair Rosamond schooner has been commissioned at this port by Lieutenant Bulman, for service on the coast of Africa. The Bonetta brigantine, Lieutenant Austen, fitting out at Chatham, is to go to the same station, and to be at Spithead by the 23th inst. The Stag, 46, Commodore Thomas Sullivan, recently from the Brazils, will haul down the pendant on Friday at Plymouth, and be hauled into dock to be surveyed as to her fitness for re-commissioning. The surveying vessel Thunder, Commander G. Barnett, according to private letters, will be in England in July next, to be paid on, from the Bahamas. The brig Acorn, 16, Commander Adams, has reached Plymouth from the Cape station, and is ordered to be refitted there without delay. She left Simon's-bay on the 28th of January, at which date Rear-Admiral Elliot had not arrived from China on his homeward voyage. Rear-Admiral Sir Edward King, K.C.B., was daily expected to arrive at the Cape from the Rio Plata in the Southampton frigate. The Acorn brought no news. The steam frigate Salamander, Commander Henry, returned to Sheerness on Monday, being ordered for some special service forthwith. The Asia, 84, recently from the Mediterranean, is to be forthwith reported upon, for recommissioning at Sheerness. Several large frigates and steamships are in active progress of completion for commission, should any emergency arise. — Brighton Gazette.
Ma 11 January 1847	The squadron in the River Plate was distributed as follows, on the 29th of October:- the Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzgerald, flag of Rear-Admiral Inglefield: the Raleigh, 50, Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert; the Eagle, 50, Captain G.B. Martin; the Melampus, 42, Captain Campbell, and the Comus, 16, Commander D?Eyncourt, were at Montevideo. The Cura?oa, 24, Captain Broughton, and the Dolphin 3, Lieutenant-Commander Miller, were at Rio on the 18th of November, the latter having arrived from Montevideo five days prior. The Grecian, 16, Commander Tindal, was at Busca. The Racer, 18, Commander Reed, was at Colonia. The Satellite, 18, Commander Rowley, was at Maldonado. The Firebrand steam frigate, Captain Hope, and the Harpy steam vessel, Lieutenant Tomlinson, was at Buenos Ayres. The Acorn, 18, Commander Bingham, was at Paraguay. The Alecto steam sloop, Commander Massingberd, had proceeded up the Urugay to relieve the iron steam vessel Lizard, Lieutenant-Commander Tylden. The Dido, 20, Captain Maxwell, sailed from Monte Video for the East Indies on the 29th of October. The Carysfort, 26, Captain G.H. Seymour, arrived at Valparaiso on the 19th of October, from Sydney and New Zealand (where sho had landed the new Governor and specie), and remained there on the 24th refitting. The Salamander steam sloop, Captain Hamond, left Valparaiso for Rio and England on the 1st of October. Tho Sampson steam frigate, Captain T. Henderson, left Valparaiso on the 25th of October for Talcahuano, and on an experimental sailing cruize. The Nereus store ship, Master Commander Bateman, was under orders, at the above date, to proceed from Valparaiso to Callao.
Ma 31 May 1847	PENANG, April 3. On Monday forenoon the Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzgerald, flag of Rear-Admiral Inglefield, Commander-in-Chief on the East India and China station, and the Acorn, 16, Commander Bingham, were signalled from the Great-hill, coming in to the northward. The Vernon turned the Pulo Tricoose point just at sunset, and saluted the Agincourt, 72, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, whose term of service has expired, which the latter returned next morning. On Tuesday morning Admiral Inglefield proceeded to the Government bungalow, on the Great Hill, where Admiral Cochrane is at present residing. The Iris, 26, Captain Munday, is reported to sail for England on Tuesday next. The Vernon, and Dido, 20, Captain Maxwell, were at Penang on the 11 th of April, the latter about proceeding to New Zeeland; the Agincourt, 72, Captain Johnstone, for England; the Daedalus, 20, Captain Quhae, for Hongkong; the Wolf, 18, acting Commander Vansittart, for Lebuan; and the Acorn, 16, Commander Bingham, together with the Hon. Company's steam-sloops Nemesis and Ganges, were in port also at Penang, on the 11th of April. The Vestal, 26, Captain C. Talbot, sailed from China for England on the 4th of March, leaving the Vulture steam-frigate, Captain M'Dougal, senior officer's ship, at Hongkong, until the arrival of Admiral lnglefield, when she will be stationed at Whampoa. The Espiegle, 12, Commander Harris, by the latest advices, was to proceed from Hongkong to Ningpo, after undergoing certain repairs [according to his service record, and his entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' Thomas Pickering Thompson was in command of this vessel at this time]; the Childers, 16, Commander Pitman, was to proceed to Shanghae; the Ringdove, 16, Commander Clifford, to Amoy; and the Scout, 16, Commander Loring, to Foochowfoo; the last named vessel has captured 39 of the pirates who had been committing so many cruel murders and depredations, the boldness with which they perpetrate which may be judged of from the fact that they do not scruple to openly attack a men of war. The surveying schoonor Young Hebe (ordered to be sold out of Her Majesty's service), whilst at Hongkong under repair and opposite the moorings of the Vestal, 26, was boarded by a pirate boat's crow of nearly 30 men, and was completely gutted. It is said the Scout is to be sent to track the pirates.
Fr 28 July 1848	Portsmouth, Thursday. The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., late second in command on the East India and China station, arrived this morning from that station, bringing home the Marquis of Tweeddale, late Governor of Madras, the Marchioness, and the staff, official and domestic. The Fox left Madras on the 20th of March, and the Cape of Good Hope on the 25th of May. At the latter place all was quiet inland, and the Admiral had gone to Madagascar on a diplomatic mission with his squadron. The Eurydice, Nimrod, Acorn, Acheron, and Devastation, lay in Simon's Bay, Captain Anson, of the first-named, being senior officer. The Fox brought Mr. Cockcraft, Lieutenant of the Brilliant, on the Cape station, home on leave, the only naval officer passenger. She arrived at St. Helena on the 8th of June, and sailed on the 10th. No men-of-war were there then. She arrived at Ascension on the 14th, and sailed same day; the only men-of-war there being the Tortoise store and guard ship, and her tender, the Snap. She passed the Rifleman in Yarmouth roads this morning. The Fox brought several passengers and mails from the Cape, St. Helena, and Ascension. She was to be paid off here immediately according to Admiralty orders; she was ordered this evening, however, to re-store for sea, — supposed for Cork.

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