HMS Undaunted (1861)
HMS Undaunted (1861)

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NameUndaunted (1861)Explanation
TypeFrigate   
Launched1 January 1861   
HullWooden Length250 feet
PropulsionScrew Men550
Builders measure3039 tons   
Displacement4094 tons   
Guns51   
Fate1882 Last in commission1878
ClassImmortalité Class (as screw)Bristol
Ships bookADM 135/485   
Career
DateEvent
1 January 1861Launched at Chatham Dockyard.
2 March 1875
- 2 October 1875		Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain Hugh Campbell, flagship of Rear-Admiral Reginald John James George Macdonald, East Indies, until Campbell was invalided
4 October 1875
- 2 December 1877		Commanded by Captain Harry Woodfall Brent, flagship of Rear-Admiral Reginald John James George Macdonald, East Indies
4 October 1877
- October 1878		Commanded by Captain Nathaniel Bowden-Smith, East Indies, flagship of Rear-Admiral Reginald John James George Macdonald then Rear-Admiral John Corbett (until he transferred his flag to Euryalus)
October 1878
- 21 December 1878		Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain John D'Arcy, after being relieved by Euryalus as flagship on the East Indies station
Extracts from the Times newspaper
DateExtract
Sa 12 November 1864The following is the list of the vessels of the Royal navy which will be armed, and are now being armed, with the new description of 300-pounder and other guns in course of issue. The figures after each vessel specify the number of guns of the description mentioned she will carry. To mount the 12-ton 300-pounders:- Bellerophon, 10; Royal Sovereign, 5; Minotaur, 4; Scorpion, 4; Wiveren, 4; Prince Albert, 4; Agincourt, 4; and Northumberland, 4. To be armed with the 6½-ton guns:- The Achilles, 20; Black Prince, 20; Warrior, 20; Lord Warden, 20; Lord Clyde, 20; Royal Oak, 20; Prince Consort, 20; Royal Alfred, 20; Caledonia, 20; Ocean, 20; Minotaur, 18 ; Agincourt, 18; Valiant, 16; Zealous, 16; Hector, 16; Defence, 10; Resistance, 10; Endymion, 6; Mersey, 4; Orlando, 4, Pallas, 4; Favourite, 4; Research, 4; Enterprise, 4; Amazon, 2; Viper, 2; and Vixen, 2. To mount the 64-pounder muzzle-loader:- The Bristol, 12; Melpomene, 12; Liverpool, 12; Severn, 12; Arethusa, 12; Phoebe, 12;. Shannon, 12; Octavia, 12; Constance, 12; Sutlej, 12; Undaunted, 12; Impérieuse, 12; Aurora, 12; Leander, 12; Bacchante, 12; Emerald, 12; Phaeton, 12: Narcissus, 12; Forte, 12; Euryalus, 12; Topaz, 12; Newcastle, 12; Liffey, 12; Immortalité, 12; Glasgow, 12; Clio, 8, North Star, 8 [laid down 1860, cancelled 1865]; Racoon, 8; Challenge[r], 8; and Menai, 8 [laid down 1860, cancelled 1864]. The following will be supplied with the 64-pounder breech-loaders:- The Scout, 8; Rattlesnake, 8; Cadmus, 8; Scylla, 8; Barossa, 8; Jason, 8; Charybdis, 8; Wolverine, 8; Pylades, 8; Orestes, 8; Pearl, 8; Pelorus, 8; Satellite, 8; Acheron, 4 [laid down 1861, cancelled 1863]; Shearwater, 4; Valorous, 4; Furious, 4; Bittern, 4 [laid down 1861, cancelled 1863]; Magicienne, 4; and Columbine, 4. A supply of the 6½-ton smooth-bore 100-pounder wrought iron guns has already been received at Chatham, and it is understood that the first supply of the 300-pounder rifled 12-ton Armstrong gun may shortly be expected at the Ordnance wharf.
Sa 3 April 1875During the first three months of the year the following ships have been placed in commission:—The Hercules, Capt. Codrington; the Nymphe, Capt. Suttie; the Undaunted, Capt. Campbell; and the Warrior, Capt. White. The Caledonia, the Egmont, the Fawn, and the Princess Charlotte have been paid off. The following are ordered home:— The Avon, the Boxer, the Cameleon, the Elk, the Iron Duke, the Reindeer, the Rosario, the Scout, the Shearwater, and the Volage.
Fr 5 April 1878It is stated that the Admiralty hare decided upon augmenting our fleet on the China and East Indian stations by the addition of another armour-plated vessel. The only vessels of any size on these stations are the Audacious, 14, armour-plated, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral C.F. Hillyar, C.B., Commander-in-Chief on the China station; and the Undaunted, 31, unarmoured frigate, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral J. Corbett, C.B., Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies. The other vessels — about 30 in number — are small, and do not carry any heavy armament. The Penelope, now at Chatham, and which is ready for commission, will be sent to China, and as she has been fitted as a flag-ship, it is thought that a Rear-Admiral will be appointed to her, to be second in command on the station.
Tu 16 April 1878Several of the ships which had been pushed forward at Portsmouth with all possible despatch in readiness for a probable great emergency [the 1877 Anglo-Russian crisisExternal link] are being told off at the present time for unexpectedly tranquil destinations. The Boadicea, 14, unarmoured corvette, was brought alongside the jetty yesterday morning, and is to be commissioned for foreign service on the 18th inst. She is expected to relieve the Undaunted, the flagship of Rear-Admiral Corbett, on the East India station. The Hercules, 14, which had been named for the Mediterranean, and also as the new flag-ship in the West Indies, is ordered to relieve the Narcissus as ship of the First Reserve at Greenock. The Narcissus, which will turn over her crew on being relieved, will proceed at once to Portsmouth to have her defects made good. The Hercules tried her electric light apparatus last night in the dockyard. The Triumph, 14, which is to be commissioned by Captain Bradshaw on the 25th inst., is to supersede the Shah as the flagship of Rear-Admiral De Horsey in the Pacific. It is expected that the Inconstant will receive the crew of the Warrior, and will be ordered to do a spell of Coast-guard duty at Portland.

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