HMS Volage

HMS Volage (1825)

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Name	Volage (1825)	Explanation
Type	Sixth rate
Launched	19 February 1825
Hull	Wooden
Propulsion	Sail
Builders measure	521 tons
Displacement
Guns	28
Fate	1874
Class
Ships book
Note	1847 survey ship. 1855 floating powder depôt.
Snippets concerning this vessels career
Date	Event
13 September 1825 - 20 December 1826	Commanded by Captain Richard Saunders Dundas, South America
14 March 1827 - 27 May 1827	Commanded by Commander Thomas Bourchier, South America
29 January 1828 - 27 February 1829	Commanded by Captain Michael Seymour, South America
17 April 1833 - 23 November 1835	Commanded by Captain George Bohun Martin, Mediterranean
3 November 1835 - 27 July 1837	Commanded by Captain Peter Richards, Mediterranean
27 November 1837 - 29 June 1840	Commanded by Captain Henry Smith, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war)
3 June 1840 - 14 July 1840	Commanded by Acting captain William Warren, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war)
30 June 1840 - 20 May 1841	Commanded by Captain George Elliot, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war)
30 August 1841 - 1 February 1845	Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain William Dickson, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war), then North America and West Indies
1 March 1847 - 6 December 1850	Commanded by Captain Thomas Graves, surveying in the Mediterranean
19 April 1855	Commanded by Master commander John C. Hutchings, store ship, Sheerness
*Extracts from the Times* newspaper**
Date	Extract
Th 23 December 1841	There is now no doubt that it is the intention of His Majesty the King of Prussia to attend in person at the Christening of the infant Prince of Wales, and that a squadron of ships of war will be despatched from this country to convey him and his retinue to England. The vessel which is specially destined for the conveyance of His Majesty is understood to be Her Majesty’s ship Warspite, 50, Captain Lord John Hay, C.B., and there is no question that this is correct, for she is perfectly ready for sea, and was to have gone out of harbour last Monday, but has been detained, and is now being fitted up in such a style as plainly to indicate the nature of the service for which she is intended. The Government could not have selected a better ship for this purpose, as she is a splendid frigate, carrying 50 guns, with a complement of 500 men. She has very superior accommodations, has plenty of room, and is in every way well adapted for the reception of the illustrious passenger about to embark on board of her. She has an excellent ship's company, being a selection from the Britannia, Orestes, and other men-of-war which have been recently paid off, and she is commanded by an able and experienced officer, who, while enforcing the fulfilment of those duties indispensable on board a man-of-war, is kind and indulgent to those under his command. As the Warspite has only these internal decorations and fittings up to complete, being otherwise perfectly equipped, she will be ready to proceed on her mission in a few days. It is not at present known what vessels will accompany the Warspite, but it is supposed that the Thalia, 42; Captain C. Hope; and the Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, both of which ships are daily expected here, will be appointed to this service. This is not improbable, as they are both in a sufficient state of forwardness to undertake this duty, which will scarcely cause them any delay in proceeding to the destinations for which they were originally intended.
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.
Fr 12 April 1844	"The Irish Squadron."— The following curious statement appears in the Cork Reporter of last night:— "This morning, as the Mermaid steamer was going out of Cove harbour, on her return to Waterford with the members of the corporation and other citizens who came to attend the provincial dinner in this city, she was hailed and boarded by an armed boat's crew, from Her Majesty’s ship Volage, bearing the flag of Admiral Bowles, at Cove. The Mermaid had a green flag flying at her mast head with the word 'Repeal' on it, and, as we are informed, no other objectionable motto, device, or inscription whatever. This the 'British Tars' manfully hauled down, exhibiting that characteristic gallantry in the performance of so daring a feat for which they are remarkable, and carried off as a trophy to their vessel, after which the Mermaid was permitted to pursue her voyage. We have neither space nor time this evening to offer the comments which the perpetration of this insult suggests.”
Ma 20 May 1844	WOOLWICH, Sunday, May 19. At a late hour on Friday last orders were received at Woolwich to hold the Lightning steam vessel in readiness to proceed to Ireland, and at 1 o'clock p.m. on Saturday Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, C.B. and K.C.H., appointed to succeed Rear-Admiral William Bowles, C.B., in command of the squadron of vessels and war steamers on the coast of Ireland, arrived by one of the river steam packets at Woolwich, and embarked in the Lightning and shortly after left for his destination. The gallant officer was made Rear Admiral of the White on the 10th of January, 1837, and will hoist his flag in the Volage, 26, at present stationed at the Cove, Cork, under the charge of Captain Sir William Dickson, Bart. The command of the squadron devolved on Captain Sir G.R. Sartorius, Knt., of the Malabar, 72, recently returned from the Mediterranean, on the departure of Rear Admiral William Bowles in the Meteor steam vessel to take his seat at the Board of Admiralty, to which he has been appointed in the room of Rear Admiral Sir George Seymour, Knt., G.C.H., appointed to the command in the Pacific, and will hoist his flag in the Collingwood, 80, fitting at Portsmouth for his immediate reception.

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