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| Name | Imaum (1836) | Explanation | |
| Type | Third rate | ||
| Acquired | 1836 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 1776 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 76 | ||
| Fate | 1863 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | ex-East Indiaman Liverpool, launched 1826.11.10. Presented by Imaum of Muscat. 1842 h.s. | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| (January 1840) | Out of commission at Porstmouth | ||
| 1 December 1842 - 7 July 1843 | Commanded by Commodore (2nd class) Henry Dilkes Byng, receiving ship, Jamaica | ||
| 8 September 1843 | Commanded by Commodore Alexander Renton Sharpe, receiving ship, Jamaica | ||
| 16 September 1845 - 29 November 1847 | Commanded by Commodore Daniel Pring, receiving ship, Jamaica, until his death | ||
| 12 February 1847 | Commanded by Acting Captain William Worsfold, flagship of Commodore Thomas Bennet, receiving ship, Jamaica | ||
| 19 March 1847 - 3 February 1848 | Commanded by Commodore George Robert Lambert, East Indies | ||
| 7 February 1848 | Commanded by Commodore Thomas Bennett, receiving ship, Jamaica | ||
| 13 March 1851 | Commanded by Commodore Peter McQuhae, receiving ship, Jamaica | ||
| 10 June 1853 - 28 August 1853 | Commanded by Captain Colin Yorke Campbell, receiving ship, Jamaica | ||
| 8 March 1854 | Commanded by Commander Samuel Morrish, receiving ship, Jamaica | ||
| 17 July 1857 - 26 June 1860 | Commanded by Commodore Henry Kellett, senior officer, West Indies | ||
| 19 May 1860 | Commanded by Captain Samuel Morrish, flagship of Commodore Hugh Dunlop, receiving ship, Jamaica | ||
| 17 February 1862 - 28 August 1862 | Commanded by Captain John Barling Marsh, flagship of Commodore Hugh Dunlop, Jamaica, receiving ship | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 30 January 1843 | By the last accounts from Bermuda, the Warspite, 50, Captain Lord John Hay, and the Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, had not reached that island on the 3d instant. The Spartan, 26, Captain the Hon. C.G.J.B. Elliot, left Havannah for Jamaica on the 21st of December, where it is supposed orders await her to proceed forthwith to Bermuda or England. The following was the distribution of a portion of the West India fleet, according to the latest accounts:—The Fair Rosamond, Pickle, Avon, and Imaum, at Jamaica; the Volage, 26. Captain Sir W. Dickson, at Grenada; the Electra, 18, Commander A. Darley; and the Ringdove, 16, Commander Sir W. Daniell, at Honduras; the Scylla, 16, Commander Sharpe, on her passage from Jamaica to Honduras; the Pilot, 16, Commander W. Houston; the Crocodile, 26, Master-commander Thomas Elson; and the Griffin, 3, Lieutenant-commander Charles Jenkin, at Barbadoes. | ||
| Sa 11 February 1843 | It is now believed that the court-martial which it is understood is to be held on the Hon. Captain Elliott, of Her Majesty's ship Spartan, will take place at Jamaica, where, according to the last accounts the Spartan was lying waiting orders from Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam. The Warspite, 50, Captain Lord John Hay, and the Pique, 36, Captain Hon. M. Stopford, had left Bermuda for Jamaica, and so had the Illustrious, 72, with the flag of the Vice-Admiral; but she intended to touch first at St. Thomas’s, and after to proceed to Jamaica. In the event of either the Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, or the Talbot, 26, Captain Sir T. Thompson, being at Jamaica, there will be a sufficient number of post-captains to form a court, which will then consist of the following members:— Commodore the Hon. H.D. Byng, of the Imaum; Captains Lord John Hay, Warspite; the Hon. M. Stopford, Pique; John E. Erskine, Illustrious; and Sir W. Dickson, Volage; or Sir T. Thomson, Talbot. | ||
| Fr 6 July 1849 | Her Majesty’s ship Imaum, with the broad pendant of Commodore Bennett, was at Port Royal, Jamaica. The Sappho, 12, Commander Mitchell, was on the Spanish Main. The Helena (brig), Commander de Courcy, was daily expected at Port Royal from Vera Cruz, which port she left on the 16th of May. The Hound, 8, was also expected from St. Domingo. The Viper (schooner), 6, was at Barbadoes, and the Wellesley (flag), Trincomalee, Vixen, and Bermuda at Halifax. | ||
| Th 23 August 1849 | The West India squadron generally was healthy. Her Majesty's brig Sappho was at Vera Cruz on the 16th of July. The Imaum and Helena were at Jamaica on the 23d. The screw-steamer Plumper arrived at Port Royal on the 12th of July, in 32 days from Plymouth. She was at Port au Prince. The Viper was laid up at Antigua tor the hurricane months. The schooner Scorpion was surveying in the Gulf of Para. The French steamer Amazon, 8 guns, was at Demerara, haring her engines repaired. The Commander-in-Chief in the Wellesley, with the Trincomalee, Vixen, and Bermuda, was at Halifax. | ||
| Th 29 November 1849 | PORT ROYAL, Oct 24. The West India Squadron In Harbour.—The Imaum, 72, Commodore Bennett; the Persian, 16; Commander Bulman; the Helena, 16, Commander de Courcy; and the Plumper, 10, Commander Nolloth.The Wellesley, 72, Captain Goldsmith, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral the Earl of DundonaId, G.C.B., and the Vixen steam sloop, Commander Jenner, are at Halifax, expected at Bermuda the beginning of next month. The Sappho, 16, Commander Michell, is daily expected from the Havannah. The Viper schooner is at La Guayra. The Bermuda schooner, Lieutenant Commander Jolly, is at the Gulf of Florida. The Helena has had many severe cases of fever; the Sappho has also been sickly; the Plumper, too. has suffered similarly. The Helena is about to proceed to Turk's Island, to ascertain the proper site for a lighthouse there. The Persian was about to sail for Port-au-Prince and St. Domingo. The Admiral is expected here towards the end of December. The Plumper, just before leaving this part of the station, had taken Fort Truxillo, and obtained part of a debt owed by Honduras to the English Government. Truxillo town has 2,000 or 3,000 inhabitants. Commander Nolloth landed with nearly the whole of his ship’s company. The heat has been very great here lately. The inhabitants and the ships’ crew generally are suffering much with large and painful boils. The Plumper has sent several cases of fever to the Naval Hospital since her arrival at Port Royal. This is not to be wondered at, considering that when her steam is up the thermometer sometimes stands as high as 126° on the lower deck, an amount of heat greater than is shown when the instrument is exposed to the direct rays of the sun. | ||
| Th 28 March 1850 | S0UTHAMPT0N, Wednesday, March 27. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company’s ship Thames, Captain George Abbott, arrived here at 9 o’clock this morning, bringing the usual British and foreign West India and Mexican mails, in charge of Lieutenant John Hay, R.N., Admiralty agent.... Her Majesty’s brig Sappho, 16, Commander Michell, arrived at Jamaica on the 16th uit. from the coast of Honduras. She was preparing to be hove down to estimate the extent of injury received by striking on a reef near Belize. The schooner Brenda, [should be Bermuda], 2, Lieutenant Jolly, arrived from Grey Town on the 16th, and the Trincomalee, 26, Captain R.L. Warren, arrived on the 17th from the coast of Cuba. The Imaum, 72, with broad pendant of Commodore Bennett, and the Vixen, 6, Commander Jenner, were also in Port Royal harbour on the 22d ult. The Alarm was hourly expected. Her Majesty’s ship Wellesley, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Lord Dundonald, and the screw steamer Plumper, were at Trinidad on the 20th of February, about to leave for Chagres and the Spanish Main. | ||
| Tu 2 April 1850 | We have dates from Kingston, Jamaica, to the 1st of March. A Protectionist meeting, convened by the mayor, failed in consequence of the scanty attendance. Her Majesty’s ships Trincomalee, Imaum, Sappho, and Vixen were in Port Royal harbour. | ||
| Sa 6 April 1850 | SOUTHAMPTON, Friday. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Teviot, Captain R. Rivett, arrived here this morning, bringing the usual British and foreign West India mails, in charge of Lieutenant Dennehy, Admiralty agent.... Her Majesty's brig Persian, Commander Bullman, arrived at Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 4th ult., in 13 days from Havannah. The schooner Bermuda, Lieutenant Jolly, sailed on the 8th for Falmouth (Jamaica). The Teviot left the following ships of war at anchor in Port Royal harbour, viz.:— Imaum, 12; Trincomalee, 26; Helena, 18; Sappho, 16; Persian, 12; and steamer Vixen, 6, waiting the intended court-martial on the commander of the Sappho. The Wellesley, with the Admiral, was daily expected. | ||
| Ma 22 April 1850 | Her Majesty’s ship Wellesley, 72, Captain Goldsmith, with the flag of Vice-Admiral Earl Dundonald, arrived at Jamaica, from Margarita (Venezuela), on the 12th of March, and, with the Vixen, Commander Jenner sailed on the 22d for Bermuda. The brig Helena, commander de Courcey, arrived on the 10th, in eight days, from Boco del Toro; and the schooner Bermuda, Lieutenant Jolly, on the 17th from Falmouth, Jamaica. The following ships of war were in Port Royal harbour when the packet sailed:—The Imaum, 72, Commander Sandom, with broad pendant of Commodore Bennett; Trincomalee, 26, Captain R.L. Warren; Helena, 16, Commander De Courcey; Sappho, 12, Commander the Hon. Lieutenant Cochrane; Persian, 12, Commander A.G. Bullman; steamer Plumper, 6, Commander R.S. Nolloth; the Bermuda, 2, Lieutenant Jolly, Commander. The American frigate Raritan, 60, Captain Page, with flag of Commodore Parker, arrived on the 15th from Port-au-Prince, Hayti, and sailed a few days afterwards for Havannah, where she was left by the Avon on the 28th ult. The Wellesley, 72, and the Vixen, 6, were at Bermuda on the 7th inst. The Spanish ship of the line Soberano, 74, corvette Colon, and brig Isabel the Second, and the schooner Flirt, 8, were at Havannah on the 28th of March. The Luis Ferdinand, 24, sailed from Havannah on the 27th of March. Her Majesty’s sloop Alarm was at Barbadoes. | ||
| Tu 23 April 1850 | THE WEST INDIA SQUADRON. A court-martial was held at Port Royal, on the 16th ult., to try Commander Michell, of Her Majesty's sloop Sappho, and the other officers and ship's company of that vessel, for running the Sappho on shore on the Seal Cays, one of the innumerable reefs at the entrance of the Gulf of Honduras, on the night of the 25th of December last.The Court was composed of Commodore Bennett, president; Captain Goldsmith, of the Wellesley; Captain Warren, of the Trincomalee; Commander De Courcey, of the Helena, and Commander Bulman of the Persian. Commander Michell was sentenced to be dismissed his ship. the Court considering that negligence had been shown in the navigation of the sloop. The officer of the watch, Lieutenant Malcolm, was censured for not seeing the lead constantly hove by the man placed in the chains by Commander Michell's written night orders, and admonished to be more careful in future. Mr. Mugford, the second-master (acting as master), was considered to have shown negligence, and was consequently sentenced to be reduced to the rank of master’s-assistant, and to remain in that rank two years. Great praise was given to the commander for his unwearied exertions (notwithstanding his weak state from long sickness, broken arm, &c.,) in getting off the ship and recovering all the guns (which had been thrown overboard) and stores. Objections were made by Lieutenant Malcolm, Mr. Mugford, second-master; Mr. Charlea Palmer, acting-mate; and Mr. Alexander Burniston to some portions of the address of defence made by Commander Michell, but the Court declared them "frivolous and malicious." Commander Michell produced some of the highest testimonials an officer can receive, eminently characterising his conduct as an officer and a seaman during a period of 28 years' service. This officer was in the Burmese war, and produced affidavits from all the pilots on that coast testifying to the strength of the currents, and of their having been more powerful than usual about the time of the accident. They also testified to the fact that of 12 vessels which had been driven on those destructive shoals, Her Majesty's sloop Sappho was the only one which had been recovered. Owing to the thickness of the weather no observation that could be depended on could be obtained. A court of inquiry was previously held on board the Imaum on the First Lieutenant (Glynn) for disrespect to his Commander (Michell), which resulted in his censure, and being compelled to make Commander Michell a public apology on the quarter-deck of the Imaum. | ||
| Sa 20 July 1850 | Her Majesty's ship Trincomalee, Captain Warren, 19 days from Grey Town, reached Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 18th of June, and, with the Imaum, was left in that harbour on the 22d ult. The Alarm was at Barbadoes, the Scorpion surveying off Nassau, the schooner Bermuda on a cruise, and the Persian in the Gulf of Mexico. The Wellesley (flag), the sloops Helena and Sappho, and the steamer Plumper at Halifax. | ||
| Ma 10 March 1851 | Her Majesty’s ship Wellesley, 72, Captain Goldsmith (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Lord Dundonald), and the Sappho, 12, were at Trinidad on the 14th of February, about to proceed to Jamaica. The Imaum, 72, Persian, 12, and Plumper and Alban steamers were at Port Royal on the 14th ult. The Helena, 16, was at Porto Rico on the 18th, the Bermuda at Greytown on the 3d, and Scorpion at St. Thomas’s on the 19th ult. The Alarm was cruising off Cuba, but was expected daily at Port Royal. The Inflexible was spoken on the 15th of February by the Royal mail steamer Great Western, having left Port Royal on the 13th of February with the 2d West India Regiment on board for Demerara. The Inflexible was to call at Barbadoes. The screw steam-sloop Plumper was refitting at Jamaica to join the Brazil station. The squadron was particularly healthy, there being only 12 persons in hospital at Jamaica, all convalescing. | ||
| Sa 16 December 1854 | Her Majesty’s ships Boscawen, Imaum, Termagant, Wolverine, Espiegle, and Argus were at Jamaica. The Devastation, Scorpion, and Harier were at St. Thomas’s. The Harier arrived at St. Thomas’s on the 29th ult., having been ashore at Anegads, when she carried away great part of false keel, and sustained other damage, besides throwing overboard 13 of her guns, and was making three inches water per hour. The Devastation left St. Thomas’s on the 1st inst,, to pick up the Harier’s guns. Her Majesty’s ship Vestal was at Greytown, and the Colossus was daily expected. | ||
| Ma 14 May 1860 | Her Majesty's ships Gorgon, Icarus, Imaum, and Cossack were at Jamaica, the latter about to proceed to Bermuda. The Emerald, Captain A. Cumming, arrived from Antigua on the 13th of April, with Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.B., and sailed again on the 21st for Colon. The Racer left Jamaica on the 24th for Havannah. Her Majesty's ship Hydra arrived at Trinidad on the 24th of April, with the Bishop of Barbadoes on board. The Styx was about to proceed to Barbadoes. At Greytown, Her Majesty's ship Gladiator. | ||
| Th 14 February 1861 | At Jamaica were Her Majesty's steamers Imaum, Mersey, and Kingston. At Antigua Her Majesty's ship Nile, with the Admiral, Styx and Skipjack gunboats. At Santa Martha, Her Majesty's ship Cadmus; at Panama, Her Majesty's ship Mutine, and an American frigate-corvette. Her Majesty's ship Racer sailed from Greytown for Jamaica. | ||
| Ma 18 March 1861 | Her Majesty's ship St. George, Captain the Hon. Francis Egerton, arrived in Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes, on the 21st of February, and the Barracouta, Commander Wood, on the 21th. The Nile, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral A. Milne, Commander-in-Chief, and the Styx, were at Barbadoes on the 26th. At Port Royal, Jamaica, were Her Majesty's ships Imaum, Commodore Dunlop, Hydra, Cadmus, Skipjack, and Kingston. Her Majesty's ship Racer was at St. Domingo, and the brig Mutine at Panama. Her Majesty's ship Bacchante, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Sir T. Maitland, was to leave Tobago on the 23d or 24th of February for Vancouver's Island. The Pylades was at Tobago refitting to leave for England, and the Termagant was to sail in a few days for the coast of Mexico, to relieve the Clio, ordered to Panama. | ||
| Sa 13 April 1861 | Her Majesty's ship St. George with Prince Alfred on board, left St. Thomas's on the 27tn ult. for Santa Cruz and thence to Jamaica. The Nile (flag of Admiral Milne), Styx, Racer, Cadmus, Skipjack, Landrail, Hydra, and Imaum were at Port Royal, Jamaica, awaiting the arrival of the Prince. At Vera Cruz Her Majesty's ship Valorous; at Panama the Mutine and the United States' ship Lancaster. | ||
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