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History United Kingdom Name HMS Hyacinth Ordered 10 June 1823 Builder Plymouth Dockyard Cost £17,361 including fitting[Note 1] [1] Laid down March 1826 Launched 6 May 1829 Commissioned 12 January 1830 Fate
Coal hulk at Portland, November 1860
Breaking completed in November 1871
General characteristics [1] Class and type Favorite -classship sloop Tons burthen 429 40/94 bm Length
109 ft 6 in (33.4 m ) (gundeck)
86 ft 9 + 1 2 m ) (keel)
Beam 30 ft 9 in (9.4 m ) oa Depth of hold 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m ) Sail plan Full-rigged ship Complement 125 Armament
HMS Hyacinth was an 18-gun Royal Navy ship sloop . She was launched in 1829 and surveyed the north-eastern coast of Australia under Francis Price Blackwood during the mid-1830s. She took part in the First Opium War , destroying, with HMS Volage , 29 Chinese junks. She became a coal hulk at Portland in 1860 and was broken up in 1871.
Design and construction [ edit ]
Hyacinth was the second of four Favorite -classship sloops , which were a ship-rigged and lengthened version of the 1796 Cruizer -classbrig-sloop . All four ships of the class were ordered on 10 June 1823 and Hyacinth was laid down at Plymouth Dockyard in March 1826. She was launched on 6 May 1829 and commissioned for the West Indies Station on 12 January 1830.[1]
Dimensions [ edit ]
Hyacinth measured 109 ft 6 in (33.4 m ) along the gun deck by 30 ft 9 in (9.4 m ) in the beam, and had a tonnage of 429 40/94 bm [1]
Armament [ edit ]
She was armed with sixteen 32-pounder carronades and two 9-pounder bow chaser guns .[1]
Service [ edit ]
During her 42-year career, she was stationed in the West and East Indies from 1829–41, took part in the First Opium War from 1841–42, and from 1843-46 was stationed off the west coast of Africa in the suppression of the slave trade. After being reduced to 14 guns in 1848,[1] Portsmouth .[1] Hyacinth drove ashore and sank in the Clarence Creek.[2] [1]
^ A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £1,929,700 in today's money.
Citations [ edit ]
^ "Naval and Military News". Hampshire Telegraph . No. 4083. Portsmouth. 4 October 1871.
References [ edit ]
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 .
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Hyacinth_(1829)&oldid=1187492751 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● S l o o p s o f t h e R o y a l N a v y ● S h i p s o f t h e W e s t A f r i c a S q u a d r o n ● S h i p s b u i l t i n P l y m o u t h , D e v o n ● C o a l h u l k s ● 1 8 2 9 s h i p s ● F i r s t O p i u m W a r s h i p s o f t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m ● S u r v e y v e s s e l s o f t h e R o y a l N a v y ● M a r i t i m e e x p l o r a t i o n o f A u s t r a l i a ● M a r i t i m e i n c i d e n t s i n O c t o b e r 1 8 7 1 H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n w i t h e m p t y W i k i d a t a d e s c r i p t i o n ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 7 ● U s e B r i t i s h E n g l i s h f r o m F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 7 ● C o m m o n s c a t e g o r y l i n k i s o n W i k i d a t a
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A contemporary 1:60 full hull model of Hyacinth at the National Maritime Museum
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