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| William Loney RN - Background |
| Home-Loney-Background-The Royal Navy | Browse mid-Victorian RN vessels: A; B; C; D; E - F; G - H; I - L; M; N - P; Q - R; S; T - U; V - Z; ?? |
| Name | Cossack | Explanation | |
| Type | Corvette | ||
| Launched | 15 May 1854 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 195 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | |
| Builders measure | 1296 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1965 tons | ||
| Guns | 20 | ||
| Fate | 1875 | Last in commission | 1873 |
| Class | Class (as screw) | Cossack | |
| Ships book | ADM 135/107 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| Laid down as Witjas for Russian navy. | |||
| 15 May 1854 | Launched at W. & H. Pitcher, Northfleet. | ||
| 19 August 1854 - 21 August 1855 | Commanded (from commissioning at Chatham) by Captain Edward Gennys Fanshawe, the Baltic during the Russian War | ||
| 21 August 1855 - 15 July 1857 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain James Horsford Cockburn, the Baltic during the Russian War, then (July 1856) North America and West Indies (mainly Greytown, Nicaragua) | ||
| 16 June 1859 - 22 August 1862 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain Richard Moorman, North America and West Indies, then China | ||
| 19 May 1863 - 19 May 1865 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain William Rae Rolland, Mediterranean | ||
| 26 May 1865 - 23 February 1867 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain Richard Dunning White, Mediterranean | ||
| 9 December 1868 - 12 August 1871 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain John Edward Parish, East Indies | ||
| 12 August 1871 - 18 July 1873 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain Robert Gordon Douglas, Australia | ||
| 19 May 1875 | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| We 9 January 1861 | The Edgar, 91, screw, Capt. James Katon, flagship of Rear-Admiral J.E. Erskine, left Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, and took up a berth to the eastward of the ships at Spithead. The ships now anchored at Spithead, in addition to the Edgar, comprise the Algiers, 91, screw, Capt. G.D. O'Callaghan; the Trafalgar, 91, screw, Capt. Fanshawe; the Immortalité, 51, screw, Capt. G. Hancock; the Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. G. Cockburn; the Cossack, 20, screw, Capt. R. Moorman; the Desperate, 7, screw, Commander Ross; and the Triton, 3, paddle, Lieut-Commander R. Burton; the whole representing a force of 477 guns, and 4,410-horse power, nominal. The screw steamship Centurion, 80, Capt. H.D. Rogers, C.B., which left Lisbon on the 30th of December, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morning. She started from the Tagus under steam, with a southerly wind, which continued until the 4th inst., when she was taken aback with east and south-east winds. On Sunday it changed to southwest, and so continued until 8.30 a.m. on Monday, when baffling winds were experienced, and at 2 30 p.m. steam was got up and continued until she reached the Sound. The weather was moderate and fine all the passage home. The Centurion brings only 10 invalids, who were taken from Lisbon hospital, where they were left by the Channel Fleet; she was ordered to go up Hamoaze yesterday afternoon to make good defects; her crew will be paid down and granted leave of absence. The screw steamship St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Capt. the Hon. C. Elliott, which arrived December 29, was left in the Tagus. The Centurion spoke January 4, at 4 p.m. the ship Phoenix, homeward bound. | ||
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