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john sefton
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Emerald HMS

Post by john sefton » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:40 pm

The wooden screw frigate Emerald was only commissioned once - from 14 May 1859 to 7 November 1863, by Captain Arthur Cumming. After a period with the Channel Squadron, she sailed on 16 January 1860 from Portsmouth to take Rear Admiral Alexander Milne out to the West Indies, where he replaced Vice Admiral Sir Houston Stewart as Commander-in-Chief on the North America & West Indies station from 13 January 1860 (until 7 January 1864). After visiting Bermuda, Barbados, Jamaica, Navy Bay (Panama), Greytown (Mosquito coast) and Havanna in Emerald, Milne transferred his flag to HMS Nile at Bermuda on 4 June, and Emerald returned to Plymouth on 4 July. Twelve days later Willian Loney joined the ship, replacing Surgeon John M'Swiney, who was superseded.
During the time William Loney served in Emerald, the ship made three cruises: (1) as a troop transport to Alderney, where the ship took the ground due to the incompetence of a Trinity House pilot, (2) to Antwerp, to help provide a British presence when Queen Victoria passed through that port to and from Coburg, where she made a private visit to her relatives there (shortly after Emerald arrived at Antwerp, William Loney was granted a passport to visit Germany; I have, unfortunately, no evidence that he was part of the Queen's entourage at Coburg), and (3) with the Port Division of the Channel Fleet to Lisbon.
The "Naval Intelligence" column of the "Times" newspaper gives some extra information on the activities of Emerald (links to individual entries in the day-of-week column) and of the Channel Fleet.


http://home.wxs.nl/~pdavis/Log_Emerald.htm
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aukepalmhof
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Re: Emerald HMS

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Jul 03, 2017 8:24 pm

The wooden screw frigate was converted on the stocks from sail to screw.
04 July 1849 keel laid down as a sailing frigate by the Deptford Dock Yard (Miller).
24 May 1854 conversion ordered to a screw frigate.
19 July 1856 launched as the HMS EMERALD one of the Emerald class.
Tonnage 2,913 ton (bm), 3,503 ton displacement. dim. 237 x 52.6 x 16.8ft. (draught)
Powered by a 2-cyl. horizontal single expansion steam engine manufactured by Ravenhill & Salkeld, 2,323 ihp, single hoisting screw, speed 12 knots.
Armament when built: Middle deck 30 – 8 inch, upper deck 20 – 32 pdrs. and 1 – 68 pdr, on pivot.
Crew 550-600.
14 May 1859 commissioned under command of Capt. Arthur Cumming at Sheerness.
01 June 1859 completed.

After completing a unit of the Channel Squadron.
27 August 1860 she left Sheerness with on board troops for the Alderney garrison where she arrived the next day, she disembarked the troops, embarked the relieved troops from the garrison, 7 officers, 226 men, 23 women and 39 children.
After leaving the mooring buoy on 28th August at 08.00 am under pilot supervision, she grounded on a rock at o8.15 am, as seen on the stamp. Around 02.15 pm at high tide that day the ship floated free and proceeded to sea.
03.15 Pilot left the vessel and the EMERALD headed for the U.K. where the troops and passengers were disembarked.
07 November 1863 decommissioned at Sheerness, during her service in the Channel Squadron she was under command of Capt. Cumming.
02 December 1869 sold for breaking up to Castle and she was broken up at Charlton near London.

Alderney 2001 27p sg?, scott ?
Source: British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863 by Rif Winfield. http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=69

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