HMS Cadmus (1856)
HMS Cadmus was a wooden screw corvette launched on 20 May 1856 at Chatham Dockyard. On 4 January 1865, she ran aground at Chatham, Kent. She was refloated.[1] Cadmus struck rocks at Salcombe on 5 June 1869 and sent a telegraph to the station situated at Plymouth. She was broken up in 1879 at Devonport.[2]
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Class and type: | Corvette |
Name: | HMS Cadmus |
Launched: | 20 May 1856 |
Out of service: | 1874 |
Fate: | Broken up 1879 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Pearl-class corvette |
Length: | 200 feet |
Propulsion: | Screw |
Armament: | 21 |
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figurehead of Cadmus (far left) at Devonport Dockyard
References
- "Naval and Military Intelligence". Morning Post (28412). London. 6 January 1865. p. 5.
- Davis, Peter. "Cadmus". William Loney RN - Victorian naval surgeon. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- 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.
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