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| Name | Spartan (1841) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sixth rate | ||
| Launched | 16 August 1841 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 911 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 26 | ||
| Fate | 1862 | ||
| Class | Spartan | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 26 September 1841 - 2 September 1845 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, North America and West Indies | ||
| 30 May 1846 - 19 June 1849 | Commanded by Captain Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, Mediterranean | ||
| 13 April 1847 - 10 September 1847 | Commanded by Acting Captain Arthur Parry Eardley-Wilmot, Mediterranean | ||
| 7 June 1852 - 13 November 1857 | Commanded by Captain William Legge George Hoste, East Indies | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 23 September 1841 | PORTSMOUTH, Sept, 21.— The Hazard, 18, Captain the Hon. J.B. Elliot, son of Lord Minto, arrived at the Motherbank on Monday, from the Mediterranean; she is at present performing quarantine, having had communication with men of war previous to leaving Malta, which had been at Alexandria. The Hazard is expected to be paid off at Plymouth, at which port Captain Elliot will commission the Spartan, 26, the finest vessel of her class in the service. By a recent order from the new Board of Admiralty, a considerable increase of men are to be sent to every ship. The Warspite, of 50 guns, Captain Lord John Hay, has been directed to complete to 500 men, an increase of 84 seamen. This desirable and essential regulation will no doubt induce seamen to readily enter the service; finding the duties of the late under-manned. ships must now be performed with considerable less labour.-— Standard. | ||
| Ma 30 January 1843 | By the last accounts from Bermuda, the Warspite, 50, Captain Lord John Hay, and the Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, had not reached that island on the 3d instant. The Spartan, 26, Captain the Hon. C.G.J.B. Elliot, left Havannah for Jamaica on the 21st of December, where it is supposed orders await her to proceed forthwith to Bermuda or England. The following was the distribution of a portion of the West India fleet, according to the latest accounts:—The Fair Rosamond, Pickle, Avon, and Imaum, at Jamaica; the Volage, 26. Captain Sir W. Dickson, at Grenada; the Electra, 18, Commander A. Darley; and the Ringdove, 16, Commander Sir W. Daniell, at Honduras; the Scylla, 16, Commander Sharpe, on her passage from Jamaica to Honduras; the Pilot, 16, Commander W. Houston; the Crocodile, 26, Master-commander Thomas Elson; and the Griffin, 3, Lieutenant-commander Charles Jenkin, at Barbadoes. | ||
| Sa 11 February 1843 | It is now believed that the court-martial which it is understood is to be held on the Hon. Captain Elliott, of Her Majesty's ship Spartan, will take place at Jamaica, where, according to the last accounts the Spartan was lying waiting orders from Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam. The Warspite, 50, Captain Lord John Hay, and the Pique, 36, Captain Hon. M. Stopford, had left Bermuda for Jamaica, and so had the Illustrious, 72, with the flag of the Vice-Admiral; but she intended to touch first at St. Thomas’s, and after to proceed to Jamaica. In the event of either the Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, or the Talbot, 26, Captain Sir T. Thompson, being at Jamaica, there will be a sufficient number of post-captains to form a court, which will then consist of the following members:— Commodore the Hon. H.D. Byng, of the Imaum; Captains Lord John Hay, Warspite; the Hon. M. Stopford, Pique; John E. Erskine, Illustrious; and Sir W. Dickson, Volage; or Sir T. Thomson, Talbot. | ||
| Tu 21 March 1843 | The following is the sentence of the court-martial held upon the Hon. Captain Elliot, of the Spartan frigate, at the instance of Mr. Delacy M. Gleig, a midshipman attached to that vessel:- "The Court haring carefully weighed and considered the evidence in support of the charges, as well as what the prisoner had to offer in his defence, and the evidence adduced by him, are of opinion that the prisoner is not guilty of the 1st, 2d, and 6th charges, but that he is guilty of the remaining charges against him. The Court, however, in consideration of the very high testimonials as to character and conduct adduced by the prisoner; the extraordinary and parental anxiety manifested on all occasions for the well-being and general instruction of all the young gentlemen on board his ship, and particularly of Mr. De Lacy M. Gleig himself, and also looking at the nature of the punishment complained of, the circumstances under which it was inflicted, the feeling which dictated it and which animated the prisoner towards all under his command, as appearing in evidence before the Court, are of opinion that the authority and the rules and regulations of Her Majesty's service, and the dignity of the law as applicable to an infringement of them, will be fully vindicated and upheld by merely adjudging that the prisoner be severely reprimanded, and he is hereby reprimanded accordingly." Upon Captain Elliot's return to his own ship, the Spartan, the crew received him with loud and continued cheering, which was heard on board every ship in harbour and in Port Royal. | ||
| Th 23 March 1843 | The Warspite, 50, Captain Lord John Hay, and the Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. Montague Stopford, are understood to be on their passage to England, as the court-martial upon Captain Elliot, of the Spartan, has terminated. | ||
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