HMS Philomel (1842)
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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 and 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.
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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.
The Falkland Islands issued a set of stamps in 1985 for "Early Cartographers maps", the ship is featured on the fourth in set, 54p stamp along with Admiral Sir B. J. Sulivan K.C.B.[1]
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.
- ^ "Early Cartographers maps". ShipStamps. Retrieved 4 August 2018.