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| Name | Torch (1845) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 25 February 1845 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 344 tons | ||
| Displacement | 505 tons | ||
| Guns | 1 | ||
| Fate | 1856 | ||
| Class | |||
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| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 9 April 1846 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Hoseason | ||
| 1 September 1846 | Commanded by Lieutenant David Robert Bunbury Mapleton, Plymouth | ||
| 23 November 1846 | Commanded by Lieutenant George Morris, particular service | ||
| 18 February 1852 - 11 December 1855 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Chimmo, tender to Herald, Fiji Islands | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Tu 21 February 1854 | DEATHS. On the 1st of November, at Sydney, 1853, Sir James Everard Home, Bart., C.B., Captain of H.M.S. Calliope, and senior officer on that station. He was buried with military honours, and his funeral was attended by the Governor and chief officers of the civil departments, the officers and crews of the Calliope, Fantome, and Torch, and the military officers and regiments stationed there. | ||
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