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|Ship name= HMS ''Challenger'' |
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|Ship builder=[[Portsmouth Dockyard]] |
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|Ship ordered=9 June 1825<br>Reordered: 27 June 1825 |
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|Ship laid down= November 1825 |
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|Ship launched=14 November 1826 |
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|Ship completed=By 9 March 1827 |
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|Ship fate=Wrecked on 19 May 1835 |
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|Ship class= 28-gun [[sixth rate]] |
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|Ship tons burthen= 602 91/94 [[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]] |
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|Ship length={{convert|125|ft|7.5|in|m|abbr=on}} [[length overall|oa]]<br>{{convert|105|ft|11.5|in|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck) |
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*20 x 32pdr [[carronade]]s |
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'''HMS ''Challenger''''' was a |
'''HMS ''Challenger''''' was a 28-gun [[sixth rate]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. She was launched at [[Portsmouth]], England on 14 November 1826. She was 125ft 6in long and 33ft wide, with an armament consisting of upper deck twenty 32-pounders, quarter deck six 18-pounders, forecastle two 9-pounders. Under the command of [[Charles Fremantle]], she was in part responsible for the creation of the colony of [[Swan River Colony|Swan River]] in 1829. |
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==Fate== |
==Fate== |
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She was wrecked off Chile |
She was wrecked off [[Mocha Island]], [[Chile]] on 19 May 1835. |
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==Reference== |
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*http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/C/00897.html |
*http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/C/00897.html |
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[[Category:1820s ships]] |
[[Category:1820s ships]] |
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[[Category:Portsmouth-built ships]] |
[[Category:Portsmouth-built ships]] |
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[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1835]] |
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1835]] |
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[[Category:Shipwrecks in the Chilean Sea]] |
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[[Category:Sixth rates of the Royal Navy]] |
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Revision as of 00:28, 26 January 2012
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| Name | HMS Challenger |
| Ordered | list error: <br /> list (help) 9 June 1825 Reordered: 27 June 1825 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Laid down | November 1825 |
| Launched | 14 November 1826 |
| Completed | By 9 March 1827 |
| Fate | Wrecked on 19 May 1835 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 28-gun sixth rate |
| Tons burthen | 602 91/94 bm |
| Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 125 ft 7.5 in (38.291 m) oa 105 ft 11.5 in (32.296 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 32 ft 8 in (9.96 m) |
| Depth of hold | 9 ft 3.25 in (2.8258 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 175 |
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HMS Challenger was a 28-gun sixth rate of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Portsmouth, England on 14 November 1826. She was 125ft 6in long and 33ft wide, with an armament consisting of upper deck twenty 32-pounders, quarter deck six 18-pounders, forecastle two 9-pounders. Under the command of Charles Fremantle, she was in part responsible for the creation of the colony of Swan River in 1829.
Fate
She was wrecked off Mocha Island, Chile on 19 May 1835.