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| Name | Hazard (1837) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 21 April 1837 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 431 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 18 | ||
| Fate | 1866 | ||
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| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 12 May 1837 - 15 July 1840 | Commanded by Commander James Wilkinson, Mediterranean | ||
| 16 July 1840 - 15 August 1841 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) | ||
| 29 September 1841 - 8 August 1844 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Commander Charles Bell, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war), until he died | ||
| 9 August 1844 - 6 May 1847 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander Francis Philip Egerton, East Indies | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 23 September 1841 | PORTSMOUTH, Sept, 21.— The Hazard, 18, Captain the Hon. J.B. Elliot, son of Lord Minto, arrived at the Motherbank on Monday, from the Mediterranean; she is at present performing quarantine, having had communication with men of war previous to leaving Malta, which had been at Alexandria. The Hazard is expected to be paid off at Plymouth, at which port Captain Elliot will commission the Spartan, 26, the finest vessel of her class in the service. By a recent order from the new Board of Admiralty, a considerable increase of men are to be sent to every ship. The Warspite, of 50 guns, Captain Lord John Hay, has been directed to complete to 500 men, an increase of 84 seamen. This desirable and essential regulation will no doubt induce seamen to readily enter the service; finding the duties of the late under-manned. ships must now be performed with considerable less labour.-— Standard. | ||
| We 29 December 1841 | PORTSMOUTH, Tuesday. The Thalia, 42, Captain C. Hope, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the eastward. She has recently come from Leith, where she has been very successful in procuring volunteers to join her. The Powerful, 84, Captain M. Seymour, will come into the harbour this day, and will be paid off as soon as she is unrigged. She was to have come in yesterday, but was prevented by the thick fog which was prevailing at the time the tide would admit of her entering the harbour. Vice-Admiral Sir J.A. Ommanney has struck his flag. The Numa transport, with the detachments of the Royal Artillery and 59th Regiment on board, bound to the West Indies, is still at Spithead, but will sail to-day if the wind is in any way favourable. The detachment of the Royal Artillery has already been upwards of a month on board of her. The Queen, 110, Captain Rich, bent her sails yesterday, and is now all ataunt. She will proceed on Wednesday or Thursday to Spithead. The whole of the ships now fitting out here for foreign service, consisting of the Warspite, 50, Vindictive, 50, Rapid, 10, and Queen, 110, will go out of harbour this week. Ships at Spithead:— Powerful, 84, Thalia, 42, Hazard, 18, Snake, 16, and Numa transport. Ships in harbour.— St. Vincent, Victory, Queen, Warspite, Vindictive, Rapid, Royal George yacht, Excellent and Adventure naval transport. | ||
| Sa 12 February 1842 | The total number of vessels that have already sailed, or are about to sail, to join the squadron in the Chinese seas is 15, being 1 line of battle-ship, the Implacable, 74, fitting for the flag of Sir T. Cochrane; 4 frigates, the Cambrian, 36, Captain H.D. Chads, C.B., the Thalia, 44, Captain C. Hope, the North Star, 28, Captain Sir J.E. Home, and the Vindictive, 50, Captain J. Toup Nicholas; 6 sloops of war, the Dido, 20, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, the Hazard, 18, Commander C. Bell, the Syren, 16, Commander W. Smith, the Harlequin, 10, Commander G.F. Hastings, the Wolverine, 16, Commander J.W.S. Johnson, and the Serpent, 16, Commander W. Nevill; 3 troop ships, the Belleisle, Captain J. Kingcome, the Apollo, Commander C, Frederick, and the Sapphire, Master Commander G.H. Cole; and 1 hospital-ship, the Minden, Captain M. Quin. The ships of war carry altogether 334 guns. The majority of them have already sailed; the Implacable, Vindictive, Wolverine, and Minden (hospital-ship) being the only vessels not yet ready. The Wolverene and Minden will sail in a day or two, and the Vindictive in about three weeks; the Implacable will take some time longer, as she has only recently been put in commission. It is now understood that the Carysfort frigate, 26, Captain Lord G. Paulett, which has lately been commissioned at this port, is to proceed to China. This will make the number of vessels ordered to reinforce the squadron already there 16, and the total number of guns 360, exclusive of these on board the troopships, which are armed en flute. | ||
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