Name | Volage (1825) | Explanation | |
Type | Sixth rate | ||
Launched | 19 February 1825 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 521 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 28 | ||
Fate | 1874 | ||
Class | |||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1847 survey ship. 1855 floating powder depôt. | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
13 September 1825 | Commanded by Captain Richard Saunders Dundas, South America | ||
14 March 1827 - 27 May 1827 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Bourchier, South America | ||
12 September 1827 - 1829 | Commanded by Captain Michael Seymour, South America | ||
17 April 1833 - 23 November 1835 | Commanded by Captain George Bohun Martin, Mediterranean | ||
3 November 1835 - 27 July 1837 | Commanded by Captain Peter Richards, Mediterranean | ||
27 November 1837 - 29 June 1840 | Commanded by Captain Henry Smith, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
3 June 1840 - 14 July 1840 | Commanded by Acting captain William Warren, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
30 June 1840 - 20 May 1841 | Commanded by Captain George Elliot, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
30 August 1841 - 1 February 1845 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain William Dickson, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war), then North America and West Indies | ||
1 March 1847 - 6 December 1850 | Commanded by Captain Thomas Graves, surveying in the Mediterranean | ||
19 April 1855 | Commanded by Master commander John C. Hutchings, store ship, Sheerness |