Name | Melampus (1820) | Explanation | |
Type | Fifth rate | ||
Launched | 10 August 1820 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 1089 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 46 | ||
Fate | 1906 | ||
Class | Modified Leda | ||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1854 h.s. 1886-1891 lent War Dept | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
(January 1840) | Out of commission at Plymouth | ||
(January 1843) | Out of commission at Portsmouth | ||
12 March 1845 - 1848 | Commanded by Captain John Norman Campbell, south-east coast of America, then East Indies (until Campbell invalided himself at Bombay at the end of 1848) | ||
2 December 1854 - 7 April 1855 | Commanded by Commander John Borlase, store ship, Sheerness | ||
7 April 1855 - 28 October 1856 | Commanded (until paying off) by Captain John Borlase, store ship, Mediterranean | ||
17 December 1856 - 28 February 1857 | Commanded by Captain Leopold George Heath, Coast guard service, Southampton water (ship's log) |
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