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| Name | Argus (1849) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 15 December 1849 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 981 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1630 tons | ||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1881 | ||
| Class | |||
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| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 20 December 1852 - 26 August 1856 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off at Sheerness) by Commander Richard Purvis, North America and West Indies | ||
| 3 June 1858 - June 1861 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness) by Commander Herbert Frederick Winnington Ingram, the Channel, then the Mediterranean | ||
| 7 August 1862 - 3 April 1864 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Commander Lewis James Moore, East Indies and China (including the bombardment of Kagoshima ('Anglo-Satsuma War')) | ||
| 26 November 1863 - 19 May 1865 | Commanded by Commander John Moresby, China (including the bombardment of Simonoseki) | ||
| 5 December 1864 | Commanded by Commander Henry Lewis Round, China | ||
| 30 March 1867 | Commanded by Commander Frederick William Hallowes, China | ||
| 26 March 1873 - February 1874 | Commanded by Commander Percy Patt Luxmoore, west coast of Africa | ||
| 28 January 1874 - 27 March 1874 | Commanded by Acting Commander John Hext, west coast of Africa | ||
| 28 March 1874 - 16 July 1874 | Commanded by Commander John Hext, west coast of Africa | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 8 December 1849 | Portsmouth, Dec. 6. In Port and Fitting In the Harbour. - The Victory and Illustrious flag-ships, the Excellent gunnery ship; the Blenheim steam-guard-ship; the Eurydice, stripping to pay off; the Contest, fitting out; the Rolla apprentices' brig, laying up for the winter; the Fairy and Elfin, and Portsmouth yachts; the Flamer packet from Holyhead, and the Echo tug.In Dock. - The Britannia, 120; the Dauntless, 24; the Fantome, 16; the Lily, 16; the Fox, 42; the Devastation, and the Birkenhead steam frigates. In the Basin. - The Princess Charlotte, 104; the Actaeon, 26; and the Sprightly and the Bee steam-vessels. In the Steam Basin, - The Ajax, 60; the Penelope, 22; the Sidon, 26; the Victoria and Albert royal yacht; the Urgent , the Pike, the Asp, and the Blazer. Building. - The Royal Frederick, 120 [subsequently cancelled and later completed as Frederick William]; the Prince of Wales, 120; the Princess Royal, 90; the Argus, and the Furious steam sloops. | ||
| Ma 20 June 1881 | Orders have been received at Chatham Dockyard for the following vessels, belonging to the Medway Steam Reserve to be broken up, being of no further use:- Barracouta, paddlewheel sloop, 1,680 tons, 881 horse power; Basilisk paddlewheel sloop, 1,690 tons, 1,033-horse power; Argus, five guns, paddlewheel sloop, 1,660 tons, 764-horse power; Scylla, screw corvette, 2,187 tons, 1,376-horse power; Nymphe, nine guns, screw sloop, 1,574 tons, 2,172-horse power; Camellan. screw sloop, 1,365 tons, 702-horse power; and the Rosario, screw sloop, 913 tons, 436-horse power. | ||
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