HMS Beagle (1872)
HMS Beagle was a schooner of the Royal Navy, built by John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales and launched in December 1872.[2]
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Beagle |
| Builder | John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales |
| Launched | December 1882 |
| Fate | Sold in 1883. |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Beagle-class schooner |
| Tons burthen | 120 bm |
| Length | 77 ft 0 in (23.5 m) |
| Beam | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Sail plan | Schooner |
| Complement | 27 |
| Armament | 1 × 12-pounder gun |
She commenced service on the Australia Station at Sydney in 1873 for anti-blackbirding operations in the South Pacific.[2] In April 1875, she ran aground on a reef in the Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued.[3] She was paid off in 1883 and sold for £1,000.[2]
Fate
Beagle was then sold to Messers Bell & Davis, who sailed to Peru after defrauding the Australian Mercantile Loan and Guarantee Company. She was then sold at Callao to Silvino Cavalie.[4]
Citations
- Winfield (2004) p. 301
- Bastock, p. 59.
- "Spain". The Times. No. 28305. London. 1 May 1875. col D, p. 7.
- "The Schooner Beagle at Callao, The Brisbane Courier, Friday 3 June 1892, p. 3". Retrieved 14 October 2010.
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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