HMS Canopus (1798)
HMS Canopus (1798)


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NameCanopus (1798)Explanation
TypeThird rate   
Acquired1798
HullWooden
PropulsionSail
Builders measure2257 tons
Displacement 
Guns84
Fate1887
ClassCanopus
Ships book
NoteWas Franklin (French) captured 1798.08.01 at the Nile.
1863 h.s.
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
(January 1840)Out of commission at Plymouth
1 March 1845
- 30 May 1848
Commanded by Captain Fairfax Moresby, 1845 experimental squadron then Channel squadron
4 April 1863
- 17 May 1865
Commanded by Captain Charles Henry May, receiving ship, Devonport
20 May 1865
- 3 September 1865
Commanded by Captain George Le Geyt Bowyear, receiving ship, Devonport
2 September 1865
- 17 April 1866
Commanded by Captain Thomas Henry Mason, receiving ship, Devonport
9 May 1866
- 30 September 1868
Commanded by Captain Gerard John Napier, receiving ship, Devonport


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