For other ships with the same name, see HMS Philomel.
HMS Philomel was an eight-gun Alert-class packet brig of the Royal Navy, built between 1840 and 1842. Ships of this class were designed by William Symonds in 1834, and the Philomel was built at Plymouth.
History
United Kingdom
Name
HMS Philomel
Ordered
24 May 1840
Laid down
April 1840
Launched
28 March 1842
Commissioned
16 July 1842
Renamed
CGWV.23 on 25 May 1863
Fate
Foundered in the Swale, 1869. Wreck sold and broken up 26 February 1870.
The vessel launched in 1842 as a surveying vessel, and by 1857 was given over to the coastguard and renamed CGWV.23.
It foundered in the Swale in 1869, and the wreck was sold to Hayhurst & Clasper as salvage. It was finally broken up on 26 February 1870.
The Falkland Islands issued a set of stamps in 1985 for "Early Cartographers maps", the ship is featured on the fourth in set, 54p stamp along with Admiral Sir B. J. Sulivan K.C.B.[1]
References
Lyon, David (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN1-86176-032-9.
^"Early Cartographers maps". ShipStamps. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
May 06, 2023
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