HMS Modeste (1837)

HMS Modeste was a British Royal Navy corvette commissioned in 1838 and sold in 1866.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Modeste.

Modeste
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Modeste
Ordered6 February 1837
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Cost£15,042
Laid downMay 1837
Launched31 September 1837
Commissioned10 March 1838
FateSold March 1866
General characteristics
Class and typeModeste-class corvette
Tons burthen562 30⁄94 tons bm
Length
  • 120 ft (36.6 m) (overall)
  • 98 ft 7 in (30.0 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 1 in (10.1 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 2 in (4.32 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement150
Armament
  • 16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • 2 × 32-pounder guns

Operations
Mouth of the Peiho, from the pinnace of HMS Modeste, 11 August 1840.

The Modeste was a part of the British forces engaged in the First Opium War against the Qing Empire.[1]

References
  • Lyon, David and Rif Winfield. The Sail and Steam Navy List: All of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham Publishing. 2004, p. 120.
  1. Bingham, J. Elliot. Narrative of the Expedition to China. Vol. 1. London: Henry Colburn. 1843.
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