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NameMadagascarExplanation
Type5th rate  
Launched15 November 1822
HullWooden
PropulsionSail
Builders measure1167 tons
Displacement 
Guns46
Fate1863
Class 
Ships book
Note1853 harbour storeship
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
14 April 1838
- September 1839		Commanded by Captain Provo William Parry Wallis, East Indies
(January 1840)Out of commission at Portsmouth
18 August 1841
- 1844		Commanded by Captain John Foote, senior officer, west coast of Africa
4 October 1847Commanded by Commander Robert Mann, particular service
3 October 1853Commanded by Commander John William Finch, store ship, Rio de Janeiro
24 March 1855Commanded by Commander James Ptolemy Thurburn, store ship, Rio de Janeiro
6 September 1856Commanded by Commander Edmund Mortimer Leycester, store ship, Rio de Janeiro
15 September 1859
- 1863		Commanded by Captain Richard Dunning White, storeship, Rio de Janeiro
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