H.M.S. Vestal (1865)
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H.M.S. Vestal (1865) | |
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Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
Launched: | 16 Nov, 1865[2] |
Sold: | 1884[3] |
H.M.S. Vestal was one of six Amazon Class wooden screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
Construction & Service
In November 1865, the steam storeship H.M.S. Fox loaded four boilers, condensers and related machinery at Woolwich to convey to Pembroke for installation in Vestal.[4]
Vestal vacated the #3 dock in Keyham Steamyard so it could be taken up by the steam screwship Lord Clyde.[5]
Captains
- Commander Spencer P. Brett, 26 January, 1867[6] – 5 March, 1868 (came in with crew from Vixen)
- Commander James E. Hunter, 9 March, 1868[7] – 22 June, 1871
- Commander Henry Hand, 14 July, 1875[8] – 9 July, 1877[9]
- Commander William H. C. Selby, 23 April, 1877[10] – 31 December, 1878
- Commander Dashwood G. Tandy, 1 January, 1879[11] – 22 July, 1880[12]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 55.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 55.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 55.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 11 November, 1865; p. 12.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 5 September, 1866; p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 28 Jan. 1867, p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1869). p. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 182.
- ↑ Hand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14/94. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 249.
- ↑ Tandy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/187. f. ?.
- ↑ Tandy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/187. f. ?.
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