HMS Salamander (1832)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Salamander |
| Builder: | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Laid down: | April 1831 |
| Launched: | 16 May 1832 |
| Decommissioned: | 1883 |
| Fate: | Broken up at Sheerness in 1883 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 818 bm |
| Length: | 175 ft (53 m) |
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Sails Paddle |
| Speed: | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h) (under steam) |
| Armament: | 4 guns |
HMS Salamander was a 818 ton, 4-gun paddle sloop launched on 16 May 1832 from Sheerness Dockyard.[1]
She participated during the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1852 and also the Carlist Wars in 1855 until 1860. She was assigned to the Australia Station, where she transported the party to set up the coaling station at Albany Pass. She undertook survey work along the Great Barrier Reef, running aground on a reef, which was named in her honour, before being refloated. She then underook survey duties of Wilsons Promontory and Port Phillip Bay, before leaving the Australia Station on 4 July 1867.[2]
She was broken up in 1883 at Sheerness Dockyard.
Citations
- ↑ Bastock, p.42.
- ↑ "HMS Salamander". http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=2021. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0867773480
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