H.M.S. Vestal (1865)

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H.M.S. Vestal (1865)
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]

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See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 55.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 55.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 55.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 11 November, 1865; p. 12.
  5. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 5 September, 1866; p. 7.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 28 Jan. 1867, p. 10.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1869). p. 221.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 182.
  9. Hand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14/94. f. ?.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 249.
  11. Tandy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/187. f. ?.
  12. Tandy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/187. f. ?.


Amazon Class Wooden Screw Sloop
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