Name | Hornet (1854) | Explanation | |
Type | Sloop | ||
Launched | 13 April 1854 | ||
Hull | Wooden | Length | 160 feet |
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 753 tons | ||
Displacement | 1045 tons | ||
Guns | 17 | ||
Fate | 1868 | Last in commission | 1864 |
Class | Class (as screw) | Cruizer | |
Ships book | ADM 135/239 | ||
Career | |||
Date | Event | ||
13 April 1854 | Launched at Deptford Dockyard. | ||
15 May 1854 - 13 September 1854 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Commander Frederick Archibald Campbell, the Baltic during the Russian War | ||
13 September 1854 | Commanded by Commander Charles Codrington Forsyth, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | ||
January 1857 | Commanded by Commander William Montagu Dowell, East Indies and China | ||
26 February 1858 - 14 July 1859 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander Viscount Gilford, East Indies and China | ||
20 July 1860 - 3 May 1861 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Commander William Buller Fullerton Elphinstone, East Indies and China | ||
3 May 1861 | Commanded by Commander Joseph Dayman, East Indies | ||
(1864) - 12 September 1864 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Acting Commander Richard Hare, East Indies | ||
1868 | Broken up by White, Cowes. |
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