Name | Crescent (1810) | Explanation |
Type | Fifth rate |
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Launched | 11 December 1810 |
Hull | Wooden |
Propulsion | Sail |
Builders measure | 1084 tons |
Displacement | |
Guns | 38 |
Fate | 1854 |
Class | |
Ships book | |
Note | 1840 h.s. |
Snippets concerning this vessels career |
Date | Event |
29 November 1839 | Commanded by Lieutenant Malachi Donellan, receiving ship for liberated slaves at Rio de Janeiro |
9 July 1844 | Commanded by Lieutenant William Glassford Hemsworth, receving ship, Rio de Janeiro |
5 February 1847 | Commanded by Lieutenant Thomas Charles Meheux, receiving ship, Rio de Janeiro |
Extracts from the Times newspaper |
Date | Extract |
Ma 22 May 1848 | The Kestrel packet left Monte Video the 12th of March, and arrived at Rio the 30th, and remained with Her Majesty's ship Comus, Acheron steamer, and Crescent receiving ship. |