Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Champion

William Loney RN - Background

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Name	Champion	Explanation
Type	Sloop
Launched	31 May 1824
Hull	Wooden
Propulsion	Sail
Builders measure	456 tons
Displacement
Guns	18
Fate	1867
Class
Ships book
Note	Wrecked as a target
Snippets concerning this vessels career
Date	Event
(January 1840)	Out of commission at Plymouth
16 June 1841 - 23 February 1843	Commanded by Commander Richard Byron, South America (until he died at Mazatlan)
2 February 1848	Commanded by Commander John Montagu Hayes, Pacific