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| Name | Melville (1817) | Explanation | |
| Type | Third rate | ||
| Launched | 17 February 1817 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 1768 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 74 | ||
| Fate | 1873 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1857 hospital ship at Hong Kong | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 19 January 1836 - 31 August 1837 | Commanded by Captain Peter John Douglas, flagship of Vice-Admiral Peter Halkett, North America and West Indies | ||
| 1 September 1837 - 1841 | Commanded by Captain Richard Saunders Dundas, flagship of Rear-Admiral George Elliot, Cape of Good Hope, and later East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| 26 March 1857 - 20 May 1858 | Commanded by Commander Henry Trollope, Hospital ship, Hong Kong | ||
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