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NameVolcanoExplanation
TypeSloop  
Launched29 June 1836
HullWooden
PropulsionPaddle
Builders measure720 tons
Displacement1006 tons
Guns2
Fate1894
Class 
Ships bookADM 135/501
Note1854? 'floating factory' (repair ship)
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
14 May 1838Commanded by Lieutenant commander Joseph West, Mediterranean
23 August 1841Commanded by Lieutenant commander Joseph West, North America and West Indies
2 December 1841Commanded by Lieutenant commander Craven John Featherstone, Portsmouth
1 October 1845Commanded by Lieutenant commander John Hay Crang, Mediterranean
6 December 1850Commanded by Commander William Thomas Rivers, Devonport
21 April 1851Commanded by Commander Robert Coote, west coast of Africa
27 February 1855Commanded by 2nd Master commander James H. Ryan, Portsmouth
17 March 1857Commanded by Master commander John M. Hockly, East Indies and China
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