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| Name | Triton (1846) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop (packet) | ||
| Launched | 24 October 1846 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 650 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1055 tons | ||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1872 | ||
| Class | Antelope | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/480 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 21 March 1848 | Commanded by Charles James Price Glinn, Mediterranean | ||
| 24 May 1852 - December 1854 | Commanded by Lieutenant Henry Lloyd, Mediterranean | ||
| 26 December 1854 - 23 September 1856 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Lieutenant Archibald Douglas William Fletcher, flagship of Michael Seymour, Mediterranean and Black Sea during the Russian War | ||
| 14 October 1857 - 19 January 1861 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Lieutenant Robert Heron Burton, west coast of Africa | ||
| 24 January 1863 - 3 June 1864 | Commanded (from commissioning) by Lieutenant Edward Francis Kerby, south-east coast of America | ||
| 1 May 1863 - 16 June 1863 | Commanded by Acting Lieutenant Edward Alverne Bolitho, south east coast of America | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| We 24 July 1861 | PRIZE MONEY. The distribution of the proceeds of the cargo of the ship, name unknown, or Marianne, captured on March 22, 1858, by Her Majesty's ships Styx and Jasper, will commence on Monday, the 29th of July, 1861; that of the proceeds received and tonnage bounty awarded for the brig, name unknown, captured on the 24th of December, 1859, by Her Majesty's ship Triton, will commence on Monday, the 29th of July, 1861; and that of the amount awarded for salvage services rendered to the brig Nina, between the 10th and 14th of February, 1860, by Her Majesty's ship Curaçoa, will commence on Monday, the 29th of July, 1861, all in the Prize Branch of the Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house. Persons Legally entitled to claim the share of any captor are requested to present the same at the department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house. | ||
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