Name | San Josef (1797) | Explanation | |
Type | First rate | ||
Acquired | February 1797 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 2457 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 114 | ||
Fate | 1849 | ||
Class | |||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1797.02.14 captured at St Vincent (Spanish). 1839 gunnery training ship | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
1 May 1833 - 4 September 1835 | Commanded by Captain Gordon Thomas Falcon, flagship of Admiral Sir Willaim Hargood, Plymouth | ||
4 July 1838 - 10 August 1841 | Commanded by Captain Joseph Needham Tayler, guard ship at Plymouth (established gunnery school) | ||
6 August 1841 - September 1844 | Commanded by Captain Frederick William Burgoyne, flagship of Samuel Pym, Plymouth, in charge of the Ordinary | ||
26 November 1847 - 2 May 1848 | Commanded by Captain Henry John Leeke, flagship Devonport | ||
3 May 1848 - 31 December 1848 | Commanded by Captain Thomas Maitland, flagship of Admiral William Hall Gage, Devonport |
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