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 | 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) | ||
22 July 1851 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Mitchell, North America and West Indies | ||
14 October 1857 | 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 |