HMS Philomel (1842)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Philomel.
| History | |
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Philomel |
| Ordered: | 24 May 1840 |
| Laid down: | April 1840 |
| Launched: | 28 March 1842 |
| Commissioned: | 16 July 1842 |
| Renamed: | CGWV.23 on 25 May 1863 |
| Fate: | Foundered in the Swale, 1869. Wreck sold and broken up 26 February 1870. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Alert-class packet brig |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Complement: | 44 |
| Armament: | 8 x 16 pdrs |
HMS Philomel was an eight-gun Alert-class packet brig of the Royal Navy, built between 1840 and 1842. Ships of this class were designed by William Symonds in 1834, and the Philomel was built at Plymouth.
The vessel launched in 1842 as a surveying vessel, and by 1857 was given over to the coastguard and renamed CGWV.23.
It foundered in the Swale in 1869, and the wreck was sold to Hayhurst & Clasper as salvage. It was finally broken up on 26 February 1870.
References
- Lyon, David (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
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