Hyacinth and Volage engage Chinese war junks, 3 November 1839
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Hyacinth |
Ordered | 10 June 1823 |
Builder | Plymouth Dockyard |
Cost | £17,361 including fitting[Note 1][1] |
Laid down | March 1826 |
Launched | 6 May 1829 |
Commissioned | 12 January 1830 |
Fate |
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General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Favorite-class ship sloop |
Tons burthen | 429 40/94 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 30 ft 9 in (9.4 m) oa |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 125 |
Armament |
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External image | |
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A contemporary 1:60 full hull model of Hyacinth at the National Maritime Museum |
HMS Hyacinth was an 18-gun Royal Navy ship sloop. She was launched in 1829 and surveyed the north-eastern coast of Australia under Francis Price Blackwood during the mid-1830s. She took part in the First Opium War, destroying, with HMS Volage, 29 Chinese junks. She became a coal hulk at Portland in 1860 and was broken up in 1871.
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