HMS Vestal (1833)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Vestal.
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Vestal |
| Ordered: | 9 November 1831 |
| Builder: | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Cost: | £19,173 (£27,508 fitted) |
| Laid down: | May 1832 |
| Launched: | 6 April 1833 |
| Completed: | By 15 July 1833 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up by order dated 17 February 1862 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | 26-gun sixth rate |
| Tons burthen: | 911 75⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck) 104 ft 6 in (31.9 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 6 in (12.3 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 240 |
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HMS Vestal was a 26-gun Vestal-class sixth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built to a design by Sir William Symonds and was launched in 1833.
On her maiden voyage she departed for the West Indies on 19 October 1833 and arrived in Barbados on 3 December of that year. In October 1835 she seized the Spanish slave ship Amalia. This was to a regular part of her Caribbean duties. During 1838 and 1839 she was in Havana protecting British interests off the coast of Mexico. During the following years she visited Canada, Jamaica, The USA, Argentina and Tasmania. [1]
She was decommissioned in 1860; and broken up in 1862.
References
- Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (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.