Name | Ardent (1841) | Explanation | |
Type | Sloop | ||
Launched | 12 February 1841 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Paddle | ||
Builders measure | 800 tons | ||
Displacement | 878 tons | ||
Guns | 5 | ||
Fate | 1865 | ||
Class | Alecto | ||
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Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
24 July 1841 - 1845 | Commanded by Commander John Russell, South America and African stations | ||
23 April 1846 | Commanded by Lieutenant George Spong, Mediterranean | ||
9 October 1847 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Calmady Nowell, Mediterranean | ||
1 October 1854 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Horton, Mediterranean and Black Sea during the Russian War | ||
12 November 1857 - 7 April 1859 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich until paying off at Woolwich) by Commander John Halliday Cave, west coast of Africa | ||
19 October 1859 - 5 August 1863 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Commander John Edward Parish, south-east coast of America |
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