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) |