HMS Galatea (1859)

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HMS Galatea (1859)
Galatea pictured circa 1868
Galatea pictured circa 1868
Ship data
flag United KingdomUnited Kingdom (Naval War Flag) United Kingdom
class Ariadne class
Shipyard Woolwich Dockyard , London Motors by John Penn & Son
Order April 9, 1856
Launch September 14, 1859
takeover in February 1862
Whereabouts Wrecked in June 1883
Ship dimensions and crew
length
280 ft (85.3 m) (total) 245 ft 8 in (74.9 m) (keel) m ( loa )
width 50 ft (15.2 m) m
Draft Max. 19 ft 4 in (5.89 m) m
displacement 4,686 tn.l.
 
crew 450 men
Rigging and rigging
Number of masts 3
Armament
  • Lower deck: 24 × 10in (85cwt) MLSB shell weapons (broadside)
  • Upper deck: 2 × 68pdr (65cwt) MLSB (pivot bearing) - later replaced by sled mounted 110pdr Armstrong BLs

HMS Galatea was a sixth rank Ariadne- class warship carrying 26 guns. The Royal Navy's wooden screw frigate entered service in 1859 and was scrapped in 1883. She was first assigned to the Channel Islands Squadron and then from 1863 to 1865 to the North America and West India Station, based in Bermuda and Halifax. During her stationing in Halifax, the Galatea inspired the ship's portraitist John O'Brien to create three dramatic paintings.

In 1866, after an overhaul, it went on a world tour under the command of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh . During this world tour he visited the island of Tristan da Cunha as commander of the frigate . The name of the main settlement Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is derived from his visit on August 5, 1867.

See also

  • HMS Galatea for other Royal Navy ships of the same name

literature

  • Ross Gillett, Melliar-Phelps, Michael: A Century of Ships in Sydney Harbor . Rigby Publishers Ltd, 1980, ISBN 0-7270-1201-0 .
  • Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif: The Sail and Steam Navy List | The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889 Chatham Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-86176-032-9 .

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