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| Name | Modeste (1837) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 31 October 1837 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 562 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 18 | ||
| Fate | 1866 | ||
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| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 21 November 1837 - 5 May 1841 | Commanded by Commander Harry Eyres, off Spain, Mexico, east coast of Africa, China (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| 29 October 1841 - 10 March 1843 | Commanded by Commander Rundle Burges Watson, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| 5 June 1843 - 13 November 1845 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Baillie, Pacific | ||
| 27 December 1845 - 12 July 1847 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Vernon Watkins, Pacific | ||
| 13 July 1847 - 15 January 1848 | Commanded by Acting commander Reginald John James George Macdonald, Pacific | ||
| 28 August 1851 - 22 October 1853 | Commanded by Commander William Compton, Mediterranean | ||
| 9 July 1854 - 22 July 1856 | Commanded by Commander Augustus Butler, Mediterranean | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 24 December 1842 | The Hyacinth, 18, Commander G. Goldsmith; Herald, 26, Captain Joseph Nias; Modeste, 18, Commander R. Watson; Favourite, 18, Commander Thomas Sullivan; Columbine, 16, Commander W.H.A. Morshead; Chamelion, 10, Lieutenant Commander G. Hunter; and the Algerine, 10, Lieutenant Commander W.H. Maitland, forming part of the squadron now in China and the East Indies, are under orders to proceed to England, as soon as the arrangements entered into between this country and China are perfected. Most of these ships have been in commission five years, and some of them nearly six. | ||
| Ma 16 January 1843 | The Blonde, 42. Captain Sir Thomas Bourchier, K.C.B., embarked 3,000,000 dollars at Chusan en the 16th of September, being half the amount of the first instalment paid by the Chinese Government, under the late treaty; the remaining 3,000,000 were embarked at the same time in equal proportions, on board the Herald, 26, Captain Joseph Nias, C.B., Clio, 16, Captain N. Troubridge, Columbine, 16, Captain W.H.A. Morshead, and Modeste, 18, Captain Rundle Watson. The Blonde may now be shortly expected home. | ||
| Tu 28 February 1843 | 'Devonport, Feb. 26. - Arrived, Her Majesty's ship Modeste, from China, left Hong Kong October 23, St, Helena, January 6, with 1,000,000 dollars on board.. | ||
| Ma 6 March 1843 | The Modeste, 18, Captain Rundle B. Watson, which arrived from China on Thursday, is to bs paid off at Sheerness. It is a singular coincidence, that while Sir Henry Pottinger was in China so instrumental to the treaty with that empire, his brother, Major William Pottinger, at present in command of the 6th Regiment, stationed here, should be destined to receive the first payment of the ransom given under that treaty. The amount brought by the Modeste is about 800,000 dollars, which was despatched by railway to London on Friday, under the escort of a party of the 6th under the command of Lieutenant Finley. A number of seamen, gunners from the Excellent, will go round to Sheerness in the Modeste, for distribution in the Curaçoa, Hecla, and Camperdown. | ||
| 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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