Built as a 4th Rate wooden ship by the Pembroke Dockyard for the Royal Navy.
26 March 1846 ordered.
August 1847 laid down.
17 April 1855 launched as HMS SUTLEJ named after the Sutlej River in India, Pakistan. She was one of the Constance Class of which five were built.
Tonnage 2,125 tons (BM), dim. 54.86 x 16.09 x 4.96m., length of keel 44.53m.
Armament: upper deck 28 – 32pdr; quarter deck 14 – 32pdr.; forecastle 8 – 32 pdr. and 10 – 8 inch guns when built.
After completing laid up in ordinary.
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04 March 1859 ordered to be converted from sail to a screw frigate and lengthened.
Conversion was carried out in the Portsmouth Dockyard.
Tonnage 3,065 tons (bm), displacement 3,826 tons, dim. 77.60 x 15.78 x 5.24m., length of keel 67.11m, draught 7.16m.
Powered by a steam engine, 2,270 ihp, manufactured by Maudslay, Sons & Field. Speed 12 knots.
Armament: upper deck 10 – 8 inch and 18 – 32pdr; quarter deck 10 – 8 inch and 18 – 32 pdr. guns.
Crew 500
26 March 1860 undocked at the Portsmouth Dockyard.
Commissioned under command of Captain Matthew Connolly, and flagship of Rear-Admiral John Kingcome in the Pacific.
1864 She visited Pitcairn Island to carry out a census, leave some supplies and administer medical treatment where needed. Commander in Chief of the Pacific Station Vice Admiral John Kingcome invited the Pitcairners onboard during this one-day visit.
03 January 1864 under command of Captain Trevenen Penrose Coode and she was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Joseph Denman also in the Pacific.
After her return in Portsmouth she was broken up in 1869 in Portsmouth.
Pitcairn Island 2010 $2.00
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sutlej_(1855) http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id+199
The Sail & Steam Navy List by Lyon and Winfield. http://www.stamps.gov.pn/