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| Name | Collingwood (1841) | Explanation | |
| Type | Second rate | Type | Two-decker |
| Launched (Sail) | 17 August 1841 | Converted to screw | 13 July 1861 |
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 190 feet |
| Propulsion | Sail | Men | 750 |
| Builders measure | 2589 tons | Builders measure (as screw) | 2589 tons |
| Displacement | Displacement (as screw) | 3482 tons | |
| Guns | 80 | Guns (as screw) | 80 |
| Fate | 1867 | Last in commission | - |
| Class | Class (as screw) | Majestic | |
| Ships book | ADM 135/96 | ||
| Snippets concerning career prior to conversion | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 17 August 1841 | Launched as 3rd rate sailing ship at Pembroke Dockyard. | ||
| 8 May 1844 - 13 August 1844 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Commander Henry Broadhead, Portsmouth | ||
| 14 August 1844 - 20 July 1848 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain Robert Smart, flagship of Rear-Admiral George Francis Seymour, Pacific | ||
| Career as unarmoured wooden screw vessel | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 13 July 1861 | Undocked as screw at Chatham Dockyard. | ||
| Never fitted for sea as screw ship | |||
| March 1867 | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 20 May 1844 | WOOLWICH, Sunday, May 19. At a late hour on Friday last orders were received at Woolwich to hold the Lightning steam vessel in readiness to proceed to Ireland, and at 1 o'clock p.m. on Saturday Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, C.B. and K.C.H., appointed to succeed Rear-Admiral William Bowles, C.B., in command of the squadron of vessels and war steamers on the coast of Ireland, arrived by one of the river steam packets at Woolwich, and embarked in the Lightning and shortly after left for his destination. The gallant officer was made Rear Admiral of the White on the 10th of January, 1837, and will hoist his flag in the Volage, 26, at present stationed at the Cove, Cork, under the charge of Captain Sir William Dickson, Bart. The command of the squadron devolved on Captain Sir G.R. Sartorius, Knt., of the Malabar, 72, recently returned from the Mediterranean, on the departure of Rear Admiral William Bowles in the Meteor steam vessel to take his seat at the Board of Admiralty, to which he has been appointed in the room of Rear Admiral Sir George Seymour, Knt., G.C.H., appointed to the command in the Pacific, and will hoist his flag in the Collingwood, 80, fitting at Portsmouth for his immediate reception. | ||
| Th 6 June 1844 | The Indus, 78, Captain Sir J. Stirling, arrived at Plymouth on Friday night from Lisbon, which she left on the 3d ult. Private letters from her complain bitterly of the length of the passage and the shortness of provisions; the latter consequent on having supplied a great portion of her own to the Albion, 90, Captain N. Lockyer. The Indus is ordered to be paid off forthwith, another grievance to the officers and crew, who for the most part belong to Portsmouth and its vicinity. The worst part of the business is the serious pecuniary loss inflicted on the crew, who being numerously connected by family ties with Portsmouth, have to travel hither at great expense and inconvenience. It is, however, reported, that Government steamers will be employed to convey the crew to this port, at least such as are connected. with it. We hope the report is correct. The Malabar, 72, Commander Macdonnell (Captain Sir G.R. Sartorius being on sick leave at Lisbon), will be paid off this day. The same complaint is made by the crew of this ship as with the Indus, most of her hands belonging to Devonport, where she was commissioned. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Henry Eden, flag-ship of Sir George Seymour, G.C.H., appointed to the chief command on the North American station, is out of dock and completing her fitting in the basin; she is short of her full complement of hands by about 150, but these will doubtless be made up from the Malabar, just paid off, the Collingwood having a first-rate character as a well known "crack” craft. | ||
| Fr 9 July 1847 | The following ships have served the usual period of commission (three years); many have exceeded that term, and are on their way home to be paid off or are ordered to return as soon as relieved:—
EAST INDIA STATION. The Agincourt, 72, Captain Johnstone, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief; having been relieved by the Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzgerald, Rear-Admiral Inglefield.The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood. The Castor, 36, Captain Graham. The Iris, 26, Captain Mundy. The Pilot, 16, Commander Wilson. The Wolf, 16, Commander Vansittart. The Spiteful steam sloop, Commander Sir W. Hoste, Bart. MEDITERRANEAN. The Albion, 90, Captain Fremantle. The America, 50, Captain Sir T. Maitland. The Flamer steam sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Lavie.The Hecla steam sloop, Commander Starmer. The Virago steam sloop, Commander Lunn. PACIFIC STATION. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-in-Chief.The Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze. The Modeste, 18, Captain Watkins. The Cormorant steam sloop, Commander Seymour. THE BRAZILS. The Curaçoa, 24, Captain Broughton.The Racer, 16, Commander Reed. The Satellite, 16, Commander Rowley. THE WEST INDIES. The Hermes steam sloop, Commander Carr.COAST OF AFRICA. The Prometheus steam sloop, Commander Hay.The Sealark, 6, Acting-Commander Whyte. COAST OF IRELAND. The Comet steam sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Johnstone.The Stromboli steam sloop, Commander Fisher. | ||
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