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| 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 | Malacca | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | ||
| Launched | 9 April 1853 | Converted to screw | on the stocks |
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 192 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | |
| Builders measure | 1034 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1758 tons | ||
| Guns | 17 | ||
| Fate | 1869 | Last in commission | 1869 |
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/298 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 9 April 1853 | Launched at Moulmain, Burma. | ||
| 7 May 1853 | Commissioned. | ||
| 16 May 1853 - 28 September 1853 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander John Adolphus Pope Price, sailed from Moulmain (where she was launched) to Chatham to receive her engines | ||
| 19 June 1854 - 16 June 1857 | Commanded (from commissioning at Chatham until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain Arthur Farquhar, Mediterranean then (November 1855) North America and West indies | ||
| 3 September 1861 - 8 December 1863 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain Gerard John Napier, Mediterranean (returning early after Lieutenant George J. Armitage was dismissed by Court-martial and then bought a charge of conspiracy against witnesses) | ||
| 10 November 1865 - 9 September 1869 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain Radulphus Bryce Oldfield, Pacific | ||
| June 1869 | Sold to E. Bates for breaking up | ||
| 1870 | Resold to Japanese navy as Tsukuba. | ||
| 1906 | Broken up. | ||
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