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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 | Virago | Explanation | |
| Type | 1st class sloop | ||
| Launched | 25 July 1842 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 1059 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1669 tons | ||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1876 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/498 | ||
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| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 25 May 1843 - 18 May 1846 | Commanded by Commander George Graham Otway, Mediterranean | ||
| 20 May 1846 - 16 November 1847 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Commander John Lunn, Mediterranean | ||
| 5 August 1851 - 1853 | Commanded by Commander William Houston Stewart, Pacific (recapturing the Chilean colony of Punta Arenas in the Strait of Magellan from revolutionaries) | ||
| 5 April 1853 | Commanded by Commander Edward Marshall, Pacific (including 1854 Anglo-French squadron during the Russian War) | ||
| (1854) | Commanded by Commander James Charles Prevost, on the west coast of Canada. Gold discoveries in the Queen Charlotte Islands led Prevost to produce surveys of harbours in the Islands, adjacent coastal channels, and the Port Simpson area | ||
| 6 May 1856 | Commanded by Commander Henry Vachell Haggard, south-east coast of America | ||
| 15 March 1858 | Commanded by Commander Montagu Buccleuch Dunn, Devonport | ||
| 31 July 1861 - January 1865 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Commander William George Hope Johnstone, Channel squadron, then (August 1863) West Indies | ||
| 25 August 1869 | Commanded by Commander Elibank Harley Murray, Australia | ||
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