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| Name | Argus (1849) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 15 December 1849 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 981 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1630 tons | ||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1881 | ||
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| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 20 December 1852 - 26 August 1856 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off at Sheerness) by Commander Richard Purvis, North America and West Indies | ||
| 3 June 1858 - June 1861 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness) by Commander Herbert Frederick Winnington Ingram, the Channel, then the Mediterranean | ||
| 7 August 1862 - 3 April 1864 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Commander Lewis James Moore, East Indies and China (including the bombardment of Kagoshima ('Anglo-Satsuma War')) | ||
| 26 November 1863 - 19 May 1865 | Commanded by Commander John Moresby, China (including the bombardment of Simonoseki) | ||
| 5 December 1864 | Commanded by Commander Henry Lewis Round, China | ||
| 30 March 1867 | Commanded by Commander Frederick William Hallowes, China | ||
| 26 March 1873 - February 1874 | Commanded by Commander Percy Patt Luxmoore, west coast of Africa | ||
| 28 January 1874 - 27 March 1874 | Commanded by Acting Commander John Hext, west coast of Africa | ||
| 28 March 1874 - 16 July 1874 | Commanded by Commander John Hext, west coast of Africa | ||
| 12 April 1877 - 3 December 1879 | Commanded by Commander Robert Hastings Harris, North America and West Indies | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 8 December 1849 | Portsmouth, Dec. 6. In Port and Fitting In the Harbour. - The Victory and Illustrious flag-ships, the Excellent gunnery ship; the Blenheim steam-guard-ship; the Eurydice, stripping to pay off; the Contest, fitting out; the Rolla apprentices' brig, laying up for the winter; the Fairy and Elfin, and Portsmouth yachts; the Flamer packet from Holyhead, and the Echo tug.In Dock. - The Britannia, 120; the Dauntless, 24; the Fantome, 16; the Lily, 16; the Fox, 42; the Devastation, and the Birkenhead steam frigates. In the Basin. - The Princess Charlotte, 104; the Actaeon, 26; and the Sprightly and the Bee steam-vessels. In the Steam Basin, - The Ajax, 60; the Penelope, 22; the Sidon, 26; the Victoria and Albert royal yacht; the Urgent , the Pike, the Asp, and the Blazer. Building. - The Royal Frederick, 120 [subsequently cancelled and later completed as Frederick William]; the Prince of Wales, 120; the Princess Royal, 90; the Argus, and the Furious steam sloops. | ||
| Sa 16 December 1854 | Her Majesty’s ships Boscawen, Imaum, Termagant, Wolverine, Espiegle, and Argus were at Jamaica. The Devastation, Scorpion, and Harier were at St. Thomas’s. The Harier arrived at St. Thomas’s on the 29th ult., having been ashore at Anegads, when she carried away great part of false keel, and sustained other damage, besides throwing overboard 13 of her guns, and was making three inches water per hour. The Devastation left St. Thomas’s on the 1st inst,, to pick up the Harier’s guns. Her Majesty’s ship Vestal was at Greytown, and the Colossus was daily expected. | ||
| Ma 20 June 1881 | Orders have been received at Chatham Dockyard for the following vessels, belonging to the Medway Steam Reserve to be broken up, being of no further use:- Barracouta, paddlewheel sloop, 1,680 tons, 881 horse power; Basilisk paddlewheel sloop, 1,690 tons, 1,033-horse power; Argus, five guns, paddlewheel sloop, 1,660 tons, 764-horse power; Scylla, screw corvette, 2,187 tons, 1,376-horse power; Nymphe, nine guns, screw sloop, 1,574 tons, 2,172-horse power; Camellan. screw sloop, 1,365 tons, 702-horse power; and the Rosario, screw sloop, 913 tons, 436-horse power. | ||
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