HMS Madagascar (1822)
HMS Madagascar (1822)


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NameMadagascar (1822)Explanation
TypeFifth rate   
Launched15 November 1822
HullWooden
PropulsionSail
Builders measure1167 tons
Displacement 
Guns46
Fate1863
ClassDruid
Ships book
Note1853 harbour storeship
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
14 April 1838
- September 1839
Commanded by Captain Provo William Parry Wallis, East Indies
(January 1840)Out of commission at Portsmouth
18 August 1841
- 1844
Commanded by Captain John Foote, senior officer, west coast of Africa
4 October 1847Commanded by Commander Robert Mann, particular service
3 October 1853Commanded by Commander John William Finch, store ship, Rio de Janeiro
29 March 1855
- 3 November 1856
Commanded by Commander James Ptolemy Thurburn, store ship, Rio de Janeiro
6 September 1856Commanded by Commander Edmund Mortimer Leycester, store ship, Rio de Janeiro
15 September 1859
- 1863
Commanded by Captain Richard Dunning White, storeship, Rio de Janeiro
Extracts from the Times newspaper
DateExtract
Ma 24 April 1854The Centaur, 11, paddlewheel frigate, Captain Harvey, flagship of Rear-Admiral Henderson on the Brazils station, arrived at Portsmouth at noon on Saturday. She left Rio on the 14th ult. At 1 p.m., when the Madagascar (bearing Rear-Admiral Henderson's flag), Crescent, Trident, and Sharpshooter were there. Exchange, 28¾ to 29d. Per milreis. Left Bahia on the 20th of March, St. Vincents on the 9th inst., and Madeira on the 14th. The United States' frigate Constitution was at the last-named port, and the only pendant lying there. The Centaur reports seeing on Friday a squadron of six sailing ships and a steamer off the French coast, no doubt part of the French squadron from Brest for the Baltic. In saluting the flag of Rear-Admiral Henderson, on its being transferred to the Madagascar at Rio on the 14th ult., the charge of one of the Centaur's guns prematurely exploded and blew off the right arms of two seamen. The poor fellows are now doing well. The Centaur steamed into harbour without anchoring at Spithead, and hauled alongside of the coaling depôt to take in fuel, &c. What necessary repairs she required were done with the utmost expedition; she was revictualled with equal alacrity by the authorities of the Clarence-yard, and yesterday morning steamed out of harbour for the Baltic.


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