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HMS Bulldog (1845)
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NameBulldogExplanation
Type1st class sloop   
Launched2 October 1845
HullWooden
PropulsionPaddle
Builders measure1124 tons
Displacement 
Guns6
Fate1865
Class 
Ships bookADM 135/68
Note1865.10.23 burnt off Haiti
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
25 June 1846Commanded by Commander George Evan Davis, Cape of Good Hope
3 May 1847
- 1850		Commanded by Commander Astley Cooper Key, Mediterranean
23 January 1854Commanded by Captain William King Hall, the Baltic during the Russian War
19 February 1855Commanded by Commander Alexander Crombie Gordon, the Baltic during the Russian War
3 December 1860
- 22 July 1862		Commanded by Commander Henry Frederick McKillop, North America and West Indies
Extracts from the Times newspaper
DateExtract
Sa 20 April 1850In Harbour. - The Victory, Excellent, Illustrious, Blenheim, Fanny, and Portsmouth tenders, the Echo tug, and the Locust steam-vessel.
In Dock. - The St Vincent, Winchester, Fox, Penelope, Rapid, and Electra.
In the Basin. - The Niger, Devastation, Fantome, Griffon, and Fairy.
In the Steam Basin. - Termagant, Hecate, Victoria and Albert, Bulldog, Blazer, Flamer, Pike, Asp, and Elfin.
Tu 8 May 1855Her Majesty's sloop Lily, 12, Commander Sanderson, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the China and Australian stations, last from the Brazils. She was detached from the China squadron and left Singapore on the 18th of November, 1854, arrived at Port Phillip December 29, left on the 23d of January, arrived at Rio on the 10th of March last, and left on the 17th for Spithead. She brought golddust from Australia to the amount of 40,000l. sterling, on merchants' account. She met with strong westerly gales and in latitude 58·46 S. longitude 161·8 W. fell In with large icebergs, and was running among them for a fortnight; on coming upon them the barometer was observed to fall a great deal, accompanied by heavy snow-storms. She passed the Exodus, of Liverpool, about 300 miles S.W. of the Lizard, on the 28th ult., with loss of topmasts. When she left the Australian station Her Majesty's ships Calliope and Acheron were at Sydney, and the Fantome and Electra at Melbourne; the marines and seamen of the Electra had been landed on several occasions to act with the military in the late disturbances. The Electra had been to King's Island to rescue the crew of two merchant vessels wrecked there, and had saved 20,000l. in specie. The Lily has been five years and three months in commission, during which time she has circumnavigated the globe. She brought home Lieutenant Davis, on promotion from the Electra; Lieutenant Brock, on promotion from the Lily; Mr Howarth, mate, from the Electra; Mr. Tucker, clerk, from the Fantome; and Mr. Douglas, mate, from the Styx, to join the Bulldog.
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