| Ma 26 February 1855 | As far as can be ascertained at present, the fleet about to be despatched to the Baltic will be thus composed:—
Commander-in-Chief.— Rear-Admiral of the Blue, the Hon. Richard Saundars Dundas, C.B.
Second in Command.— Rear-Admiralof the Blue, Michael Seymour.
Third in Command.— Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Robert Lambert Baynes, C.B.
Captain of the Fleet.— The Hon. F.T. Pelham.
| | Guns | Horse-power |
| Duke of Wellington (flag) | 131 | 700 |
| Royal George, Captain Codrington, C.B. | 102 | 400 |
| Exmouth (flag) | 91 | 400 |
| James Watt, Captain Georce Elliot | 91 | 600 |
| Orion, Captain Erskine | 91 | 600 |
| Caesar, Captain Robb | 91 | 400 |
| Nile, Captain Mundy | 91 | 500 |
| Majestic, Captain J. Hope, C.B. | 81 | 400 |
| Cressy, Captain Warren | 81 | 400 |
| Colossus, Captain Robinson | 81 | 400 |
| Sanspareil, Captain Heath | 70 | 350 |
| Blenheim, Captain W.H. Hall | 60 | 450 |
| Hogue, Captain Ramsay | 60 | 450 |
| Ajax, Captain Warden | 60 | 450 |
| Edinburgh, Captain Hewlett | 60 | 450 |
| Russell, Captain Scott | 60 | 200 |
| Hawke, Captain Erasmus Ommanney | 60 | 200 |
| Cornwallis, Captain Wellesley | 60 | 200 |
| Pembroke, Captain G.H. Seymour | 60 | 200 |
| Hastings, Captain Caffin | 60 | 200 |
| Imperieuse, Captain Watson, C.B. | 51 | 360 |
| Euryalus, Captain Ramsay | 51 | 400 |
| Arrogant, Cantain Yelverton | 47 | 360 |
| Amphion, Captain A.C. Key | 34 | 300 |
| Horatio, Captain Cochrane | 24 | 250 |
| Cossack, Captain Fanshawe | 21 | 2ö0 |
| Pylades, Captain D'Eyncourt | 21 | 250 |
| Esk, Captain T.F. Birch | 21 | 250 |
| Tartar, Captain Dunlop | 21 | 250 |
| Archer, Captain Heathcote | 17 | 200 |
| Retribution, Captain Fisher | 28 | 400 |
| Magicienne, Captain Tatham | 16 | 400 |
| Odin, Captain Willcox | 16 | 560 |
| Sampson, Captain Brock | 6 | 467 |
| Dragon, Captain Stewart | 6 | 560 |
| Bulldog, Captain W.K. Hall | 6 | 500 |
| Penelope, Captain Sir W. Wiseman | 18 | 650 |
| Lightning, Captain B.J. Sulivan | 3 | 100 |
| Vulture, Captain Glasse | 6 | 470 |
| Desperate, Commander White | 8 | 400 |
| Conflict, Commander Cumming | 8 | 400 |
| Cruizer Commander the Hon. G. Douglas | 14 | 60 |
| Harier, Commander Story | 14 | 160 |
| Ariel, Commander Luce | 9 | 60 |
| Falcon, Commander Pullen | 17 | 100 |
| Basilisk, Commander the Hon. F. Egerton | 6 | 400 |
| Rosamond, Commander Crofton | 6 | 286 |
| Driver, Commander Rice | 6 | 280 |
| Janus, Lieutenaut Kane | 4 | 220 |
| Locust, Lieutenant - | 3 | 180 |
| Otter, Lientenant W.A.J. Heath | 3 | 120 |
| Porcupine, Lieutenant Jackson | 3 | 132 |
| Zephyr, Lieutenant Bond | 3 | 100 |
| Recruit, Lientenant J.F. Day | 4 | 160 |
| Weser, Lieatenant Commerell | 4 | 160 |
| Vulture, Captain Glasse | 6 | 470 |
The Belleisle, 24, Commander Hosken, hospital ship.
The Æolus, 42, ammunition magazine.
The Perseverance, storeship.
The Volcano, floating engineers' factory, Master-Commander Dyer.
Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour has hoisted his flag (pro tem.) as second in command of the Baltic Fleet on board the Nile, 91, Captain Mundy, at Plymouth. Mr. Dyer, secretary at the Devonport dockyard, goes to sea with Admiral Seymour as secretary. |
