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| Name | Persian (1839) | Explanation | |
| Type | 2nd class brig | ||
| Launched | 7 October 1839 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 484 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 16 | ||
| Fate | 1866 | ||
| Class | Acorn | ||
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| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 23 February 1840 - 22 November 1840 | Commanded by Commander William Henry Quin, west coast of Africa (until he died) | ||
| 22 November 1840 - 28 February 1841 | Commanded by Acting Commander Thomas Edward Symonds, west coast of Africa | ||
| 4 February 1841 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Rodney Eden, west coast of Africa | ||
| (October 1843) | Out of commission at Devonport | ||
| 1843 - August 1843 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Rodney Eden | ||
| 14 December 1844 - 14 March 1848 | Commanded by Commander Henry Coryton, North America and West Indies | ||
| 7 July 1849 - 24 July 1851 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Commander Archibald Gibson Bulman, North America and West Indies (until Bulman invalided) | ||
| 2 August 1851 - 15 April 1853 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Mitchell, North America and West Indies | ||
| 14 October 1857 - 23 January 1859 | Commanded by Commander John Hanbury Chads, Cape of Good Hope | ||
| 27 January 1859 | Commanded by Commander Edward Hardinge, Cape of Good Hope | ||
| 18 November 1860 - 20 July 1861 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Commander Cecil William Buckley, Cape of Good Hope | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Fr 28 September 1849 | The Persian, 16, Commander Wodehouse [according to his Admiralty service record Archibald Gibson Bulman was Commander at this time], arrived at Halifax on the 13th uit., after a boisterous passage of 23 days from Plymouth. She encountered a gale off the Western Islands, and met with a large merchant ship water logged, which they boarded, but found her quite deserted. The Persian would sail for Jamaica in about 10 days. The Wellesley, 72, Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, was at Halifax. The Sappho, 12, Commander Michell, at Vera Crux. She has been very sickly, and has lost one of her lieutenants (Mr. Dashwood). The Trincomalee, 25, Captain Warren, would be at Halifax in about three weeks from Newfoundland. The Wellesley was the only man-of-war at Halifax at the date of our letter. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
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