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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Vestal''''' was one of six [[Amazon Class Sloop (1865)|''Amazon'' Class wooden screw sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Vestal''''' was one of six [[Amazon Class Sloop (1865)|''Amazon'' Class wooden screw sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
− | ==Service== | + | ==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''.{{NMI|11 November, 1865; p. 12}} | ||
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+ | ''Vestal'' vacated the #3 dock in Keyham Steamyard so it could be taken up by the steam screwship ''Lord Clyde''.{{NMI|5 September, 1866; p. 7}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Vestal''" nat=UK> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Vestal''" nat=UK> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Edward Hunter|nick=James E. Hunter|appt=9 March, 1868{{NLJul69|p. 221}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Hand|nick=Henry Hand|appt=14 July, 1875{{NLJul76|p. 182}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Henry Collingwood Selby|nick=William H. C. Selby|appt=23 April, 1877{{NLOct78|p. 249}}|end=}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
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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] |
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 James E. Hunter, 9 March, 1868[6]
- Commander Henry Hand, 14 July, 1875[7]
- Commander William H. C. Selby, 23 April, 1877[8]
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1869). p. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 182.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 249.
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