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| Name | Vestal (1833) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sixth rate | ||
| Launched | 6 April 1833 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 913 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 26 | ||
| Fate | 1862 | ||
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| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 6 May 1833 - 1837 | Commanded by Captain William Jones, North America and West Indies | ||
| 27 November 1837 - 19 August 1841 | Commanded by Captain Thomas Wren Carter, North America & West Indies | ||
| 20 August 1841 - 14 July 1842 | Commanded (until paying off) by Captain John Parker, North America and West Indies | ||
| (January 1843) | Out of commission at Sheerness | ||
| 2 November 1843 - 15 July 1847 | Commanded by Captain Charles Talbot, East Indies | ||
| 7 June 1852 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, North America and West Indies | ||
| 7 June 1853 - 10 December 1856 | Commanded by Captain Thomas Pickering Thompson, North America and West Indies | ||
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