HMS Modeste (1837)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Modeste.
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Modeste |
| Ordered: | 6 February 1837 |
| Builder: | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Cost: | £15,042 |
| Laid down: | May 1837 |
| Launched: | 31 September 1837 |
| Commissioned: | 10 March 1838 |
| Fate: | Sold March 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Modeste-class corvette |
| Tons burthen: | 562 30⁄94 tons bm |
| Length: | 120 ft (36.6 m) (overall) 98 ft 7 in (30.0 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 1 in (10.1 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 14 ft 2 in (4.32 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Complement: | 150 |
| Armament: | 16 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 32-pounder guns |
HMS Modeste was a British Royal Navy corvette commissioned in 1838 and sold in 1866.
Operations
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.
- ↑ Bingham, J. Elliot. Narrative of the Expedition to China. Vol. 1. London: Henry Colburn. 1843.