HMS Beagle (1872)

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named HMS Beagle.

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Beagle
BuilderJohn Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales
LaunchedDecember 1882
FateSold in 1883.
General characteristics [1]
TypeBeagle-class schooner
Tons burthen120 bm
Length77 ft 0 in (23.5 m)
Beam18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Depth of hold8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Sail planSchooner
Complement27
Armament1 × 12-pounder gun

HMS Beagle was a schooner of the Royal Navy, built by John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales and launched in December 1872.[2]

She commenced service on the Australia Station at Sydney in 1873 for anti-blackbirding operations in the South Pacific.[2] In April 1875, she ran aground on a reef in the Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued.[3] She was paid off in 1883 and sold for £1,000.[2]

Fate

Beagle was then sold to Messers Bell & Davis, who sailed to Peru after defrauding the Australian Mercantile Loan and Guarantee Company. She was then sold at Callao to Silvino Cavalie.[4]

Citations

  1. ^ Winfield (2004) p. 301
  2. ^ a b c Bastock, p. 59.
  3. ^ "Spain". The Times. No. 28305. London. 1 May 1875. col D, p. 7.
  4. ^ "The Schooner Beagle at Callao, The Brisbane Courier, Friday 3 June 1892, p. 3". Retrieved 14 October 2010.

References

  • Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
  • 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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