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| Name | London (1840) | Explanation | |
| Type | Second rate | Type | Two-decker |
| Launched (Sail) | 28 September 1840 | Converted to screw | 13 May 1858 |
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 213 feet |
| Propulsion | Sail | Men | 850 |
| Builders measure | 2590 tons | Builders measure (as screw) | 2590 tons |
| Displacement | 4375 tons | Displacement (as screw) | 4375 tons |
| Guns | 90 | Guns (as screw) | 91 |
| Fate | 1884 | Last in commission | 1863 |
| Class | Class (as screw) | Rodney | |
| Ships book | ADM 135/288 | ||
| Snippets concerning career prior to conversion | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 28 September 1840 | Launched as 2nd rate sailing ship at Chatham Dockyard. | ||
| 28 June 1851 - January 1852 | Commanded by Captain George Rodney Mundy, flagship of Vice-Admiral Joeceline Percy, Sheerness | ||
| 5 December 1851 - 31 March 1853 | Commanded by Captain Montagu Stopford, Sheerness | ||
| 1 April 1852 - 16 April 1853 | Commanded by Captain George Rodney Mundy, Sheerness | ||
| 16 April 1853 - November 1854 | Commanded by Captain Charles Eden, Spithead, and the Baltic during the Russian War, until invalided | ||
| 19 November 1854 - 29 August 1855 | Commanded by Captain Lewis Tobias Jones, Mediterranean | ||
| 28 August 1855 - 26 January 1856 | Commanded by Captain Augustus Leopold Kuper, Mediterranean | ||
| 24 January 1856 - 25 August 1856 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain William Henry Jervis, troop transport from the Crimea | ||
| Career as unarmoured wooden screw vessel | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 13 May 1858 | Undocked as screw at Devonport Dockyard | ||
| 12 May 1859 - 5 February 1863 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain Henry Chads, Mediterranean | ||
| April 1874 | Harbour ship, Zanzibar | ||
| 14 October 1875 - 17 October 1878 | Commanded by Captain Thomas Baker Martin Sulivan, store ship, Zanzibar | ||
| 27 July 1878 - 8 June 1880 | Commanded by Captain Hamilton Edward George Earle, Zanzibar | ||
| 11 June 1880 - 3 December 1881 | Commanded by Captain Charles James Brownrigg, depot ship Zanzibar (until he was killed) | ||
| 9 December 1881 | Commanded by Captain Percy Patt Luxmoore, Zanzibar | ||
| 1884 | Sold for breaking up at Zanzibar | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
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| We 21 January 1852 | 20 January 1852 The Hydra steamer, Commander Belgrave, embarked 50 sailors from the Ganges, they having volunteered their services during her passage to Portsmouth. Mr Noddall, master, and Mr Troutbeck, second master of the London, were ordered to be lent to her for the purpose of assisting in navigating her to Portsmouth, for which port she sailed at 4 p.m. on Saturday. | ||
| We 21 November 1855 | SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 20. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Indus, Captain Soy, with the India and Mediterranean mails, we have dates from Alexandria to November 6, Malta 10, and Gibraltar 15.The Indus brings 52 passengers, and on freight one package of specie, value 100l., and a cargo, consisting of 84 boxes of almonds, 230 boxes of raisins, 47 barrels and six boxes of dates, 10 cases of musk, one case of pictures, two cases of cigars, 718 bales of silk, eight bales of wool, two hogsheads of wine, 50 cases of silk, 30 packages of samples, 21 cases of shawls, 17 packages of effects, nine packages of elephants' teeth, one case of tortoiseshell, and 80 packages of general merchandise. Her Majesty's ships Hibernia, London, Rodney, Wasp, Niger, Vulcan, Shearwater, and Ceylon, were at Malta. | ||
| We 28 September 1859 | The following is the distribution of the Mediterranean fleet at Malta:- Screw steamships of the Line.- The Marlborough, 131 (flagship of Vice-Admiral Fanshawe), on her way to Gibraltar, left Malta on the 15th of September; the Hannibal, 91 (flagship of Rear-Admiral Mundy), coast of Sicily; the Conqueror, 101, Gibraltar; the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, coast of Sicily; the Orion, 91, Gibraltar; the Princess Royal, 91, Gibraltar; the Renown, 91, Malta; the Victor Emmanuel, 91, Gibraltar; the Exmouth, 90, Naples; the London, 90, coast of Sicily; the Brunswick, 80, coast of Sicily; the Centurion, 80, Gibraltar; and the Cressy, 80, left Malta on the 5th of September. Steam Frigates.- The Euryalus, 51, Piraeus of Athens; the Liffey, 51, Piraeus of Athens; the Doris, 32, left Malta on the 13th of September; and the Terrible, 21, Naples. Steam Corvettes.- The Racoon, 22, Corfu; the Cadmus, 21, Malta; and the Vulture, 6, Morocco coast. Steam Sloops.- The Gannet, 11, Piraeus of Athens; the Argus, 6, Malta; the Intrepid, 6, Constantinople; the Recruit, 6, Malta; the Scourge, 6, Malta; the Assurance, 4, left Malta on the 31st of August; the Coquette, 4, Marseilles; the Lapwing, 4, Gibraltar; the Osprey, 4, Corfu; the Vigilant, 4, Venice; and the Wanderer, 4, Candia. Steam Gunboats.- The Growler, Gibraltar; and the Quail, Gibraltar. Steam Despatch-vessels.- The Banshee, 2, Malta; and the Caradoc, 2, Malta. Steam-tender.- The Boxer, 2, Malta. Steam Surveying-vessels.- The Medina, 4, Candia ; and the Tartarus, 4, Candia. Receiving-ship.- The Hibernia (flag of Rear-Admiral Codrington), Malta. Depot-ship.- The Africa, Gibraltar. Tugs.- The Hearty, Malta; and the Redpole, 2, Gibraltar. Sailing Gunboats.- The Azof, 2, Malta; and the Kertch, 2, Malta. | ||
| Fr 16 November 1860 | The following letter, dated Valletta, November 9, is from our Malta correspondent:— "... Her Majesty’s frigate Melpomene, Capt. Ewart, left last night with a mail for Corfu, and the frigate Amphion, Capt. Cochran, arrived to-day from Naples. The line-of-battle ship Mars, Capt. Strange, has just left port for Corfu, and I hear that the St. Jean d’Acre will leave to-day or to-morrow on return home. Since the crew have rejoined this unfortunate ship fresh cases of sickness have been reported among the men. The following are Her Majesty's ships of war now in port:— The Hibernia receiving ship (flag of Rear-Admiral Codrington), Victor Emmanuel, Caesar, St. Jean d’Acre, and London line-of-battle ships; Amphion frigate; Megaera steam troopship, and Boxer gunboat.” | ||
| Fr 28 December 1860 | Her Majesty’s screw corvette Scylla, Commander R. Lambert, and screw frigate Amphion, Capt. T. Cochrane, left Valetta on the 15th inst. — the former for the Piraeus and the Levant, and the latter for Sicily. Her Majesty’s line-of-battle ship Orion, Capt. J. Frere, left on the 20th Inst. for Corfu, a vessel from that island coming down there to take her place. The Victor Emmanuel, Capt. W. Clifford, C.B., is still there under repair, which will take a long time to complete. Besides the Hibernia recelvlng-shlp, flag of Rear-Admiral Codrington, there were only three British men-of-war at Malta, the Victor Emmanuel, the Melpomene, and the Assurance gunboat, which last reached there on the 22d of December from Corfu with despatches and a mail. A letter from Corfu of the 18th inst. says,— "The Assurance gunboat will leave to-morrow with a mail for Malta. The gunboat Foxhound arrived yesterday from Malta, and is still in harbour. The Caesar line-of-battle ship came into port on the night of the 14th inst.; and a liner, I believe the James Watt, left for Malta or Naples on the following morning. This morning the Mars and London sailed out of the channel for a cruise, and as I am writing the Marlborough, which had returned from a cruise of two days, has hoisted sail, and is beating about the port. I expect all the ships that are here at present will leave to-day; but it is not likely that Admiral Martin will allow the fleet to spend their Christmas at sea.” | ||
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