Name | Trincomalee (1817) | Explanation | |
Type | Fifth rate | ||
Launched | 12 October 1817 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 1066 tons | ||
Displacement | 1447 tons | ||
Guns | 46 | ||
Fate | |||
Class | Leda | ||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1847 26-gun 6th rate. 1861 RNR drillship. 1897 sold as Foudroyant, t.s., 1990 = Trincomalee, preserved | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
(January 1840) | Out of commission at Portsmouth | ||
20 July 1847 - 16 August 1850 | Commanded by Captain Richard Laird Warren, North America and West Indies | ||
19 June 1852 | Commanded by Captain Wallace Houston, Pacific (including 1854 Anglo-French squadron during the Russian War) | ||
19 November 1860 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Heard, Royal Naval Reserve drill ship, Sunderland | ||
31 January 1863 | Commanded by Commander Edward Field, Royal Naval reserve, training ship, Sunderland | ||
13 January 1876 - 26 March 1876 | Commanded by Commander Arthur Cecil Curtis, Royal Naval Reserve drill ship, West Hartlepool |