HMS Elk (1847)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Elk.

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Elk
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Launched29 September 1847
DecommissionedMay 1893
FateSold in 1893 for breaking up
General characteristics
Class and typeAcorn-class brig-sloop[1]
Tons burthen482 BM
Length105 ft (32 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
PropulsionSail[1]
Armament16 guns

HMS Elk was a 482-ton displacement, 16-gun Acorn-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy launched on 29 September 1847 from the Chatham Dockyard.[2]

She was sent to the East Indies Station and China Station and participated during the Second Opium War (commanded by John Fane Charles Hamilton)[3] until being assigned to the Australia Station in 1859. She searched for HMS Sappho with HMVS Victoria after Sappho disappeared in Bass Strait in February 1858. In 1860 she participated during the First Taranaki War.[4] She left the Australia Station in March 1860 and upon arriving in England was paid off.

She was transferred to Her Majesty's Coastguard in 1863 and was renamed WV.13 and she was later renamed WV.28. She was sold in May 1893.[4]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Winfield p. 128
  2. ^ Bastock, p.29.
  3. ^ "Biography of John Fane Charles Hamilton R.N." www.pdavis.nl. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b Bastock, p.30.

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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