HMS Cadmus (1856)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cadmus
Launched20 May 1856
Out of service1874
FateBroken up 1879
General characteristics
Class and typePearl-class corvette
Length200 feet
PropulsionScrew
Armament21
figurehead of Cadmus (far left) at Devonport Dockyard
HMS Cadmus circa 1860's

HMS Cadmus was a wooden screw corvette launched on 20 May 1856 at Chatham Dockyard.[1] On 4 January 1865, she ran aground at Chatham, Kent. She was refloated.[2] Cadmus struck rocks at Salcombe on 5 June 1869 and was severely damaged.[3] She was consequently beached. She was taken in to Plymouth the next day.[4] She was broken up in 1879 at Devonport.[1]

  1. ^ a b Davis, Peter. "Cadmus". William Loney RN - Victorian naval surgeon. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Naval and Military Intelligence". Morning Post. No. 28412. London. 6 January 1865. p. 5.
  3. ^ "HMS Cadmus : Figureheads". figureheads.ukmcs.org.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6666. Liverpool. 7 June 1869.