HMS Hydra (1838)

HMS *Hydra* p1
Ship data
flag	United Kingdom
Ship type	wooden paddle steamer , sloop
class	Hydra class (1838)
Shipyard	Chatham Dockyard , Chatham , Kent
Order	September 18, 1837
Keel laying	January 1838
Launch	June 13, 1838
Whereabouts	Scrapping: May 13, 1870
Ship dimensions and crew
length	50.29 m ( Lüa ) 43.77 m ( KWL )
width	10.01 m
Side height	6.20 m
displacement	1096 t
measurement	817 tn.l.
crew	120
Rigging and rigging
Rigging	Brigantine
Number of masts	2
Machine system
machine	Steam engine
Machine ; performance	220 hp (162 kW)
propeller	2 paddle wheels
Armament
	2 × British 32 pounder carronades; 2 × British 8 inch cannon;
Armament from 1847
	6 cannons;
Armament from 1863
	1 cannon;

HMS Hydra was a steamer of the Royal Navy .

history

Until mid-1841, HMS Hydra was used in the Mediterranean; Among other things, she was involved in the conquest of Acre on November 4, 1840. She then operated in the Caribbean and off the American coast, where she intercepted slave ships . From 1853 she fought the slave trade off the African coast.

In 1863 the ship was converted into a research ship and was first used in the Mediterranean and from September 1867 onwards to measure the depth of the sea in the Arabian Sea between Aden and Bombay .

Commanders

Commander Anthony William Milward, January 19, 1839 - February 20, 1840
Commander Robert Spencer Robinson , March 1, 1840-December 1840
Commander Alexander Murray, December 26, 1840-August 1842
Commander Horatio Beauman Young, August 7, 1843 - November 9, 1846
Commander Arthur Fleming Morrell , November 12, 1846 - April 21, 1847
Commander Gray Skipwith, December 2, 1847-February 1850
Commander Thomas Belgrave, January 13, 1852 - August 10, 1852
Commander William Everard Alphonso Gordon, August 11, 1852 - October 24, 1852
Commander Henry Gage Morris, October 25, 1852 - May 10, 1856
Commander Richard Vesey Hamilton , June 4, 1858 - January 26, 1862
Captain Richard Vesey Hamilton, January 27, 1862 - August 23, 1862
Master Robert Brown, September 16, 1863 - November 9, 1863
Captain Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt , November 10, 1863 - December 16, 1863
Commander Arthur Lukis Mansell, December 17, 1863 - December 31, 1864
Captain Arthur Lukis Mansell, January 1, 1865 - February 1866
Captain Peter Frederick Shortland, March 1, 1866-June 1868

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Peter F. Shortland, biography
^ William Richard O'Byrne, A naval biographical dictionary , London 1849, p. 1337 ( online )
^ William Richard O'Byrne, A naval biographical dictionary , London 1849, p. 1369 ( online )
^ William Richard O'Byrne, A naval biographical dictionary , London 1849, p. 1077 ( online )

[1] Peter F. Shortland, biography

[2] William Richard O'Byrne, A naval biographical dictionary , London 1849, p. 1337 ( online )

[3] William Richard O'Byrne, A naval biographical dictionary , London 1849, p. 1369 ( online )

[4] William Richard O'Byrne, A naval biographical dictionary , London 1849, p. 1077 ( online )