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| William Loney RN - Background |
| 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 | Phoebe | Explanation | |
| Type | 4th rate | Type | Frigate |
| Launched (Sail) | 12 April 1854 | Converted to screw | 10 April 1860 |
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 241 feet |
| Propulsion | Sail | Men | 525 |
| Builders measure | 2044 tons | Builders measure (as screw) | 2895 tons |
| Displacement | Displacement (as screw) | 3584 tons | |
| Guns | 51 | Guns (as screw) | 51 |
| Fate | 1875 | Last in commission | 1870 |
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/362 | ||
| Snippets concerning career prior to conversion | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 12 April 1854 | Launched as 4th rate sailing ship at Devonport Dockyard. | ||
| Career as unarmoured wooden screw vessel | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 10 April 1860 | Undocked as screw at Devonport Dockyard. | ||
| 23 September 1862 - 10 May 1865 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Captain Thomas Dyce Acland Fortescue, Mediterranean (until Fortescue died) | ||
| 19 May 1865 - 29 June 1866 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain William Rae Rolland, Mediterranean | ||
| 6 May 1867 - 29 November 1870 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off) by Captain John Bythesea, Channel squadron, then the West Indies, then 1869 flying squadron (joining at Bahia on 4 August 1869) | ||
| 6 April 1876 | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 13 September 1860 | The following ships and gunboats in the first-class steam reserve could be got ready for the pendant at a short notice:- The Windsor Castle, 100; the Revenge, 91; the Orlando, 60; the Forth, 12; the Seahorse, 12; the Merlin, 6; and the Hyena, the Gleaner, the Nightingale, the Steady, the Spider, the Delight, the Goldfinch, the Charon, and the Lark. The following, in Keyham steam yard, are in a forward state:- The Howe, 121; the Gibraltar, 101; the Brunswick, 80; the Phoebe, 51; the Narcissus, 51; the Jason, 21; and the Desperate, 8. | ||
| Tu 29 August 1865 | THE BOMBAY MAILS. Southampton, Monday evening. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Euxine, Captain N. Roskell, arrived at 7 p.m. with the heavy portion of the Bombay mails. She brings 63 passengers, 4,262 l. in specie, 1,992 bales of silk, 40 turtles, and 250 packages of sundries. | ||
| (various) | The 1869 Flying squadron | ||
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