Emerald HMS
Posted: 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 Twelve days later Willian Loney joined the ship, replacing Surgeon John M'Swiney, who was superseded.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
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