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| Name | Daring (1844) | Explanation | |
| Type | Brig | ||
| Launched | 2 April 1844 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 426 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 12 | ||
| Fate | 1864 | ||
| Class | |||
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| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 7 September 1844 - February 1847 | Commanded by Commander Henry James Matson, home (1844 experimental brig squadron), and North America and West Indies stations | ||
| 11 February 1847 - 2 October 1848 | Commanded by Commander William Peel (Chatham), North America and West Indies | ||
| 30 August 1852 - 24 October 1856 | Commanded by Commander Gerard John Napier, North America and West Indies | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 25 September 1843 | PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 23. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered six brigs of a new class to be built. They are to carry 12 guns each, and are to be employed in the suppression of the slave trade instead of the old 10-gun brigs. Their names are to be, — the Flying Fish, Kingfisher, Mutine, Espiegle, Daring, and Osprey. The Kingfisher and Flying Fish are to be built at Pembroke, according to the plan of the Surveyor of the Navy; the Mutine and Espiegle are to be built at Chatham by Mr. Fincham, the Master-builder of the Dockyard there; and the Daring and Osprey are to be built at this dockyard, under the superintendence of Mr. White, of Cowes, the constructor of the Waterwitch. They are all to be of the same tonnage, and to carry the same masts and spars, armament, and stores. They are to be ready for launching by next May; and, as soon as they are completed for sea, they are to have a trial cruise previous to going on a foreign station. Their armament is to consist of 12 32-pounders, medium guns, which they will have instead of the carronades which brigs usually carry. | ||
| Ma 30 August 1852 | Her Majesty’s brig Daring, 12, Commander H. Lacon, fitting at Chatham, is destined for service in North America and the West Indies. Her complement of officers and men will be 130. She will relieve the Sappho, 12, Commander the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, that vessel having been upwards of three years in commission. | ||
| We 6 October 1852 | SHEERNESS, Tuesday, 8 a.m. Her Majesty’s brig Daring, 12, Commander Gerard Napier, arrived here on Sunday afternoon, in tow of the African and Adder steam-vessels, and took up moorings abreast the fitting-basin. She was swung yesterday, for the purpose of having her compasses adjusted, under the direction of Mr. Noddall, master of the London, 90, who was ordered on that duty in consequence of the indisposition of Mr. Tonkin, master of the flag-ship. The Daring will forthwith proceed to the Little Nore anchorage, to take in her powder, and thence sail for Spithead, en route to the West Indies, to relieve the Sappho, 12, Commander the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane. | ||
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