Histoire
This warship was built in 1832 by H.M. Dockyard (Chatham).
Notes historiques
This vessel was a Canopus Class. This vessel was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Henry William Bruce RN on Pacific Station 1854-1857. This vessel arrived in Esquimalt on 08/1855.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 03/1857 she was commissioned at Sheerness UK.
She was used as a target ship from 1862, and broken up in 1866.
Armement
84 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades. Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs. Quarterdeck: 6 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades. Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 4 × 32 pdr carronades.
Lieux nommés
Monarch Head (BC)
Références
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
- Longstaff, Frederick V. (1957)
- en.wikipedia.org ↗
- J.J. Colledge and Ben Warlow (2010) Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate Oxford UK
