20 × 8-inch (42cwt) muzzle-loading smoothbore cannons on broadside trucks
1 × 10-inch/68pdr (95cwt) muzzle-loading smoothbore cannons pivot-mounted at bow
In September 1857, during the Indian Rebellion, 175 of the ship's crew were formed into Pearl's Naval Brigade. The small force, armed largely with rifles, took part in several actions. It was accompanied in many of these by a similar force formed from the crew of Shannon.
The ship was captained by Edward Southwell Sotheby from its commission in 1855. John Borlase replaced Sotheby, on the ships return from India in 1859, from 23 August 1859 to 18 June 1864 when the ship was paid off in Portsmouth. Pearl sailed around the East Indies and China and played a part in the Taiping Rebellion and the bombardment of Kagoshima during the Anglo-Satsuma War.
North Star affair
In May 1861 the Pearl was involved in an incident involving a British merchant ship named North Star and Chinese pirates. On 13 May, pirates in a junk attacked North Star off the coast of Hong Kong Island. They killed or mortally wounded at least five members of the crew and stole over 4,000 dollars worth of gold before abandoning the ship. Only two survivors remained on the ship. They hid from the pirates until they left North Star, and then set sail for the port of Hong Kong. Pearl was anchored off Green Island at the time and she eventually recovered both North Star and the survivors.[2]
^A Sydney Man (23 July 1861). "News and Notes CLXIV". The Courier. Brisbane. p. 3. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
Bibliography
Clowes, William Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria: Volume VII. Sampson Low, Marston and Company.
Williams, E.A. (1859). The Cruise of the Pearl Round the World: With an Account of the Operations of the Naval Brigade in India. London: Richard Bentle.
pearl, 1855, other, ships, with, same, name, pearl, pearl, pearl, class, screw, corvette, royal, navy, launched, 1855, displacing, tons, pearl, about, 1856historyunited, kingdomnamehms, pearlbuilderwoolwich, dockyardlaunched13, september, 1855fatesold, break, . For other ships with the same name see HMS Pearl HMS Pearl was a Pearl class 21 gun screw corvette of the Royal Navy launched in 1855 displacing 2 187 tons HMS Pearl about 1856HistoryUnited KingdomNameHMS PearlBuilderWoolwich DockyardLaunched13 September 1855FateSold for break up to Castle August 1884General characteristicsClass and typePearl class corvetteDisplacement2 115 long tons 2 149 t 1 Tons burthen1469 bm 1 Length225 ft 3 in 68 66 m oa 200 ft 61 m gundeck Beam40 ft 4 in 12 29 m Draught16 ft 2 in 4 93 m forward 19 ft 9 in 6 02 m aft Depth of hold23 ft 11 in 7 29 m Installed power400 nominal horsepower 1 324 ihp 987 kW 1 Propulsion2 cylinder trunk engine 1 Single screwSail planFull rigged shipSpeed11 3 knots 20 9 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 bowIn September 1857 during the Indian Rebellion 175 of the ship s crew were formed into Pearl s Naval Brigade The small force armed largely with rifles took part in several actions It was accompanied in many of these by a similar force formed from the crew of Shannon The ship was captained by Edward Southwell Sotheby from its commission in 1855 John Borlase replaced Sotheby on the ships return from India in 1859 from 23 August 1859 to 18 June 1864 when the ship was paid off in Portsmouth Pearl sailed around the East Indies and China and played a part in the Taiping Rebellion and the bombardment of Kagoshima during the Anglo Satsuma War North Star affair EditIn May 1861 the Pearl was involved in an incident involving a British merchant ship named North Star and Chinese pirates On 13 May pirates in a junk attacked North Star off the coast of Hong Kong Island They killed or mortally wounded at least five members of the crew and stole over 4 000 dollars worth of gold before abandoning the ship Only two survivors remained on the ship They hid from the pirates until they left North Star and then set sail for the port of Hong Kong Pearl was anchored off Green Island at the time and she eventually recovered both North Star and the survivors 2 Pearl at Tasuke Bay Hirado Japan in 1868References EditNotes a b c d Winfield 2004 p 209 A Sydney Man 23 July 1861 News and Notes CLXIV The Courier Brisbane p 3 Retrieved 3 January 2012 BibliographyClowes William Laird 1903 The Royal Navy A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria Volume VII Sampson Low Marston and Company Colledge J J Warlow Ben 2006 1969 Ships of the Royal Navy The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy Rev ed London Chatham Publishing ISBN 978 1 86176 281 8 Williams E A 1859 The Cruise of the Pearl Round the World With an Account of the Operations of the Naval Brigade in India London Richard Bentle 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 EditRecord of service at the Naval Database 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 Pearl 1855 amp oldid 1112035715, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
