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HMS Indus (1839)
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NameIndusExplanation
Type2nd rate   
Launched16 March 1839
HullWooden
PropulsionSail
Builders measure 
Displacement2653 tons
Guns80
Fate1898
Class 
Ships book
Note1860 guardship
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
30 October 1840
- June 1844		Commanded by Captain James Stirling, Mediterranean
25 November 1856Commanded by Captain John Charles Dalrymple Hay, flagship of Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, Devonport
August 1859
- 19 April 1860		Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain William King Hall, flagship of Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, North America and West Indies
14 July 1860
- 3 July 1863		Commanded by Captain Astley Cooper Key, guard ship of the Steam Reserve, Devonport, flagship of the Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard (Rear-Admiral Thomas Sabine Pasley, then Rear-Admiral Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds)
1 January 1864Commanded by Captain William Edmonstone, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, flagship of the Admiral Superintendent, Devonport Dockyard
18 April 1866
- 27 January 1869		Commanded by Captain George Ommaney Willes, flagship of Rear-Admiral James Robert Drummond, guard ship of reserve, and flagship of the Admiral Superintendant, Devonport dockyard
26 January 1869Commanded by Captain William Garnham Luard, flagship of Rear-Admiral James Robert Drummond, flag ship of the Admiral Superintendent, Devonport
11 May 1870
- 1873		Commanded by Captain Charles Fellowes, flagship of Admiral James Robert DrummondDevonport, and captain of the Steam Reserve
1 January 1877Commanded by Captain Charles Thomas Curme, flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles Webley Hope, Guard Ship of Reserve, Plymouth
7 October 1882Commanded by Captain Edward Kelly, guardship of Reserve, Devonport
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