HMS Spitfire (1845)

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HMS Spitfire p1
Ship data
flag United KingdomUnited Kingdom (Naval War Flag) United Kingdom
Ship type Gunboat
from 1851 research ship
Shipyard Charles Lungley, Deptford Dockyard, Deptford , London
Launch March 26, 1845
Whereabouts Scrapping: 1888 in Bermuda
Ship dimensions and crew
length
44.86 m ( Lüa )
width 7.64 m
Draft Max. 4.42 m
displacement 595 tn.l.
measurement 432 tn.l.
 
crew 100
Rigging and rigging
Rigging Brigantine
Number of masts 2
Machine system
machine Steam engine
Machine
performance 		140 hp (103 kW)
propeller 2 paddle wheels
Armament
  • 5 cannons
Armament from 1858
  • 2 cannons

The HMS Spitfire was a steamer of the Royal Navy .

history

In 1851 the gunboat was converted into a research ship and Commander Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt used it to explore the island of Crete . During the Crimean War he was ordered to the Black Sea and took part in the first bombing of Sevastopol on October 17, 1854 . From 1858 the HMS Spitfire was used to combat the slave trade off West Africa . In 1862 the ship was converted into a tug in Bermuda .

The English marine painter Oswald Walters Brierly painted the HMS Spitfire during its deployment in the Black Sea.

Captains

  • Lieutenant commander James Archibald Macdonald, June 12, 1845
  • Lieutenant commander George Ommanney Willes , April 3, 1848
  • Commander Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt, April 21, 1851 - January 3, 1855
  • Captain Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt, January 3, 1855 - January 24, 1856
  • Lieutenant commander William Cox Chapman, April 8, 1858
  • Lieutenant commander Constantine O'Donnel Allingham, November 18, 1859

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The picture HM Surveying Ship at http://www.arcadja.com/
  2. ^ William Richard O'Byrne, A naval biographical dictionary , London 1849, p. 1293 ( online )