HMS Growler (1841)
 Sister-ship, HMS Driver
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Growler |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard[1] |
| Cost | £39,461[1] |
| Laid down | January 1841[1] |
| Launched | 20 July 1841[1] |
| Commissioned | 9 March 1842[1] |
| Fate | Broken up at Portsmouth by January 1854[1] |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Driver-class wooden paddle sloop |
| Displacement | 1,590 tons |
| Tons burthen | 1,05562⁄94 bm |
| Length | 180 ft (54.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Installed power | 280 nhp |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Brig-rigged |
| Complement | 149 (later 160) |
| Armament |
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HMS Growler was a paddle-driven Driver-class sloop, built in 1841 and broken up in 1854. In 1847 she carried liberated Africans to Sierra Leone for resettlement.
Construction and commissioning
Growler was ordered under PW1840 along with other Driver-class paddle sloops,[2] laid down at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 20 July 1841.[1] She was completed at Chatham and commissioned on 9 March 1842.[1][3]
Service history
On 31 March 1842, Growler was assigned to the South East Coast of America Station to combat the slave trade.[4] She was re-assigned to the West Africa Squadron in September 1844.[3]
On 21 July 1844 Growler captured the Spanish brigantine Veterano. Then on 23 September 1844 Growler captured the Spanish slave schooner Concepcion.[Note 1]
In February 1845 she took part in Commodore William Jones's destruction of several barracoons at Dombocorro and elsewhere.[6]
The ship was involved in a scheme to relocate liberated Africans from Sierra Leone to the Caribbean, arriving in Trinidad in December 1847.[7] One hundred and fifty men, 37 women and 254 children former captives survived the journey, although 45 Africans died on the journey.[8]
Fate
Growler was broken up at Portsmouth, which was completed by 17 January 1854.[1]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Winfield (2004), p.160
- ^ Friedman, Norman (2012). British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781473853126. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ a b "HMS Growler". www.pbenyon.plus.com. pbenyon.plus.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "HMS Growler at the William Loney R.N. website". Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "No. 20505". The London Gazette. 5 September 1845. p. 2740.
- ^ "Commodore Jones' destruction of the barracoons at Dombocorro and elsewhere in February 1845 (3: Jones' report of a subsequent conference with the Chiefs) at the Loney R.N. website". Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ Adderley, Rosanne Marion (2006). "New Negroes from Africa": Slave Trade Abolition and Free African Settlement in the Nineteenth-century Caribbean. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253347033. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ Charles Day, Williams (1852). Five Years' Residence in the West Indies Vol. 1. Colburn and co. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
References
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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