HMS Egmont (1810)
HMS Egmont (1810)


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NameEgmont (1810)Explanation
TypeThird rate   
Launched7 March 1810
HullWooden
PropulsionSail
Builders measure1760 tons
Displacement 
Guns74
Fate1875
ClassArmada
Ships book
Note 
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
(January 1840)Out of commission at Portsmouth
20 December 1862Commanded by Captain Frederick Augustus Buchanan Craufurd, store ship, Rio de Janeiro
22 December 1865Commanded by Captain Herbert Frederick Winnington Ingram, store ship, Rio de Janeiro
3 January 1869
- 14 October 1871
Commanded by Captain William Alfred Rumbulow Pearse, store ship, Rio de Janeiro
9 August 1871
- 31 December 1874
Commanded by Captain George Augustus Cooke Brooker, store ship, Rio de Janeiro
Extracts from the Times newspaper
DateExtract
Sa 3 April 1875During the first three months of the year the following ships have been placed in commission:—The Hercules, Capt. Codrington; the Nymphe, Capt. Suttie; the Undaunted, Capt. Campbell; and the Warrior, Capt. White. The Caledonia, the Egmont, the Fawn, and the Princess Charlotte have been paid off. The following are ordered home:— The Avon, the Boxer, the Cameleon, the Elk, the Iron Duke, the Reindeer, the Rosario, the Scout, the Shearwater, and the Volage.


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