20 × 8-inch (42cwt) muzzle-loading smoothbore cannons on broadside trucks
1 × 10-inch/68pdr (95cwt) muzzle-loading smoothbore cannons pivot-mounted at bow
She served on the East Indies Station and the China Station between 1860 and 1861. She sailed to Vancouver in early 1862 joining the Pacific Station. She served at the Pacific Station until 1867, when she was assigned to the Australia Station arriving in March 1867.[2] She left the Australia Station on November 1868 and returned to the Pacific Station in early 1869.[citation needed] On 30 March, she was driven ashore. Repairs cost £843.[3]
As part of the Royal Navy's 1869 Flying Squadron, she visited a number of ports in South America, Australia and Japan before returning to Vancouver.[4] On 23 February 1870, Charybdis ran aground between Blunden Island and Pender Island, Colony of British Columbia. Repairs cost £227. Nobody was found to be to blame for the grounding.[3] In 1870 she sailed to Plymouth for refit. In 1873 she was assigned to the China Station and conducted anti-piracy patrols in the Straits of Malacca.[2] During the Southern Malayan state disputes in 1874, she in conjunction with HMS Hart kept the peace.[citation needed] In February 1875, she ran aground on the Meander Shoal, off Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs.[5]
charybdis, 1859, other, ships, with, same, name, charybdis, charybdis, royal, navy, pearl, class, corvette, launched, july, 1859, chatham, dockyard, charybdis, under, refit, esquimalt, 1870historynamehms, charybdisordered3, april, 1854builderchatham, dockyardl. For other ships with the same name see HMS Charybdis HMS Charybdis was a 21 gun Royal Navy Pearl class corvette launched on 1 July 1859 at Chatham Dockyard 2 HMS Charybdis at under refit at Esquimalt 1870HistoryNameHMS CharybdisOrdered3 April 1854BuilderChatham DockyardLaid down29 March 1856Launched1 June 1859CompletedBy 19 November 1860Decommissioned1880FateSold at Halifax Nova Scotia in 1884General characteristicsClass and typePearl class corvetteDisplacement2 231 long tons 2 267 t 1 Tons burthen1462 bm 1 Length225 ft 3 in 68 66 m oa 200 ft 61 m gundeck Beam40 ft 4 in 12 29 m Draught17 ft 4 in 5 28 m forward 19 ft 10 in 6 05 m aft Depth of hold23 ft 11 in 7 29 m Installed power400 nominal horsepower 1 540 ihp 1 150 kW 1 Propulsion2 cyl horizontal single expansion 1 Single screwSail planFull rigged shipSpeed11 2 knots 20 7 km h under steam Armament20 8 inch 42cwt muzzle loading smoothbore cannons on broadside trucks 1 10 inch 68pdr 95cwt muzzle loading smoothbore cannons pivot mounted at bowShe served on the East Indies Station and the China Station between 1860 and 1861 She sailed to Vancouver in early 1862 joining the Pacific Station She served at the Pacific Station until 1867 when she was assigned to the Australia Station arriving in March 1867 2 She left the Australia Station on November 1868 and returned to the Pacific Station in early 1869 citation needed On 30 March she was driven ashore Repairs cost 843 3 As part of the Royal Navy s 1869 Flying Squadron she visited a number of ports in South America Australia and Japan before returning to Vancouver 4 On 23 February 1870 Charybdis ran aground between Blunden Island and Pender Island Colony of British Columbia Repairs cost 227 Nobody was found to be to blame for the grounding 3 In 1870 she sailed to Plymouth for refit In 1873 she was assigned to the China Station and conducted anti piracy patrols in the Straits of Malacca 2 During the Southern Malayan state disputes in 1874 she in conjunction with HMS Hart kept the peace citation needed In February 1875 she ran aground on the Meander Shoal off Singapore Straits Settlements She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs 5 In October 1880 she was lent to the Canadian government as a training ship until returned by Canada in 1882 She was sold at Halifax Nova Scotia in 1884 for breaking up 2 Citations Edit a b c d Winfield 2004 p 209 a b c d Bastock pp 48 49 a b Naval Disasters Since 1860 Hampshire Telegraph No 4250 Portsmouth 10 May 1873 Mid Victorian RN vessels Shipping Disasters Liverpool Mercury No 8451 Liverpool 18 February 1875 References EditBastock John 1988 Ships on the Australia Station Child amp Associates Publishing Pty Ltd Frenchs Forest Australia ISBN 0 86777 348 0 Winfield R Lyon D 2004 The Sail and Steam Navy List All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815 1889 London Chatham Publishing ISBN 978 1 86176 032 6 External links EditHMS Charybdis at the Naval Database website HMS Charybdis at the William Loney website This article about a specific naval ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Charybdis 1859 amp oldid 1096878079, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
