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| Name | Amethyst (1844) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sixth rate | ||
| Launched | 7 December 1844 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 923 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 26 | ||
| Fate | 1869 | ||
| Class | Spartan | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | Lent for use as cable vessel. 1869 then sold as cable vessel | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 8 July 1856 - 22 December 1860 | Commanded (until paying off at Chatham) by Captain Sidney Grenfell, East Indies and China, then Pacific (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | ||
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