HMS America (1810)
HMS America (1810)


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NameAmerica (1810)Explanation
TypeThird rate   
Launched21 April 1810
HullWooden
PropulsionSail
Builders measure1741 tons
Displacement 
Guns74
Fate1867
ClassArmada
Ships book
Note1835 50 gun 4th rate.
1864 target
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
(January 1840)Out of commission at Plymouth
22 February 1844
- 10 November 1846
Commanded by Captain John Gordon, Pacific
18 November 1846
- 20 October 1847
Commanded by Captain Thomas Maitland, coast of Portugal
Extracts from the Times newspaper
DateExtract
Fr 9 July 1847The following ships have served the usual period of commission (three years); many have exceeded that term, and are on their way home to be paid off or are ordered to return as soon as relieved:—

EAST INDIA STATION.

The Agincourt, 72, Captain Johnstone, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief; having been relieved by the Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzgerald, Rear-Admiral Inglefield.
The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood.
The Castor, 36, Captain Graham.
The Iris, 26, Captain Mundy.
The Pilot, 16, Commander Wilson.
The Wolf, 16, Commander Vansittart.
The Spiteful steam sloop, Commander Sir W. Hoste, Bart.

MEDITERRANEAN.

The Albion, 90, Captain Fremantle. The America, 50, Captain Sir T. Maitland. The Flamer steam sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Lavie.
The Hecla steam sloop, Commander Starmer.
The Virago steam sloop, Commander Lunn.

PACIFIC STATION.

The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-in-Chief.
The Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze.
The Modeste, 18, Captain Watkins.
The Cormorant steam sloop, Commander Seymour.

THE BRAZILS.

The Curaçoa, 24, Captain Broughton.
The Racer, 16, Commander Reed.
The Satellite, 16, Commander Rowley.

THE WEST INDIES.

The Hermes steam sloop, Commander Carr.

COAST OF AFRICA.

The Prometheus steam sloop, Commander Hay.
The Sealark, 6, Acting-Commander Whyte.

COAST OF IRELAND.

The Comet steam sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Johnstone.
The Stromboli steam sloop, Commander Fisher.


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