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| Name | Harrier (1854) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 13 May 1854 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 160 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 747 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1047 tons | ||
| Guns | 17 | ||
| Fate | 1866 | Last in commission | 1865 |
| Class | Class (as screw) | Cruizer | |
| Ships book | ADM 135/219 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 13 May 1854 | Launched at Pembroke Dockyard. | ||
| 16 August 1854 - 4 October 1855 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Commander Henry Alexander Story, the Baltic during the Russian War, then North America and West Indies | ||
| 4 October 1855 - 16 September 1858 | Commanded by Commander Samuel Hoskins Derriman, Baltic during the Russian War, then south-east coast of America | ||
| 16 September 1858 - 7 September 1859 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander Malcolm MacGregor, south-east coast of America | ||
| 29 October 1860 - 24 June 1862 | Commanded by Commander Malcolm MacGregor, Australia | ||
| 26 March 1862 - 12 May 1864 | Commanded by Commander Francis William Sullivan, Australia (during the New Zealand War) | ||
| 9 November 1863 - 30 April 1864 | Commanded by Commander Edward Hay, Australia (until Hay was killed) | ||
| 15 July 1864 - 31 March 1865 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander William Henry Fenwick, Australia | ||
| December 1866 | Breaking up at Portsmouth completed. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Tu 11 September 1860 | The following vessels comprise the four classes of the steam reserve at Portsmouth, the list corrected to this date :- First Class.- Duke of Wellington, 131 guns, 700 horsepower; Princess Royal, 91 guns, 400 horse-power; Shannon, 51 guns, 600 horse-power ; Immortalité, 51 guns, 600 horse-power; Volcano, 6 guns, 140 horse-power; Philomel, 6 guns, 80 horse-power; and gunboats Brazen, Beaver, Snapper, Traveller, Grinder, and Blazer, of two guns each, and 60 horse-power. Second Class.- Royal Sovereign, 131 guns, 800 horse-power; Victoria, 121 guns, 1,000 horse-power; Prince of Wales, 131 guns, 800 horse-power ; Duncan, 101 guns, 800 horse-power; Nelson, 91 guns, 500 horse-power; the Sutlej, 51 guns, 500 horse-power ; the Harrier, 17 guns, 100 horse-power; the Rinaldo, 17 guns, 200 horse-power; the Medea, 6 guns, 350 horse-power; the Stromboli, 6 guns, 280 horse-power; the Coquette, 6 guns, 200 horse-power; and the gunboats Cracker, Fancy, Swinger, Pincher, and Badger, of 60 horse-power each, and 2 guns. Third Class.- The Tribune, 31 guns, 300 horse-power; the Rosamond, 6 guns, 280-horse power; the Vigilant, 4 guns, 200 horse-power; the Vulture, 6 guns, 470 horse-power; the Cygnet, 5 guns, 80 horse-power; and the gunboats Cheerful, Rambler, Pet, Daisy, Angler, Chub, Ant, Pert, and Decoy, of two guns each and 21 horse-power. 4th Class.- The screw transport Fox, 200 horse-power; the Erebus, 16 guns, 200 horse-power; the Meteor, 14 guns, 150 horse-power; and the Glatton, 14 guns, 150 horse-power. The foregoing - not including the gunboats and mortar vessels in Haslar-yard - consist of seven line-of-battle ships, four frigates, two corvettes, nine sloops, three floating batteries, 20 gunboats, and one troop steamer. They give a total force of 1,150 guns, propelled by 11,420 horse-power (nominal). The Fox steam troopship is given in this return as not carrying any guns, but in the official Navy List she still carried "42" attached to her name. | ||
| Tu 24 January 1865 | The ships of war on the Australian station at the date of the last advices were — the Harrier, 17, Acting-Commander Swan, at New Zealand; the Miranda, 14, Capt. Jenkins, at Sydney; the Eclipse, 4, Commander Fremantle, at New Zealand; the Curacoa, 23, Commodore Sir W. Wiseman, at New Zealand; the Esk, 21, Capt. Luice, at Sydney; the Falcon, 17, Commander Parkin, at New Zealand; and the Salamander, 4, Commander the Hon. J. Carnegie, at Sydney. | ||
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