HMS Pearl (1855)
 HMS Pearl, about 1856
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Pearl |
| Builder | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Launched | 13 September 1855 |
| Fate | Sold for break up to Castle, August 1884 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Pearl-class corvette |
| Displacement | 2,115 long tons (2,149 t)[1] |
| Tons burthen | 1469 bm[1] |
| Length |
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| Beam | 40 ft 4 in (12.29 m) |
| Draught |
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| Depth of hold | 23 ft 11 in (7.29 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Speed | 11.3 knots (20.9 km/h) (under steam) |
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HMS Pearl was a Pearl-class 21-gun screw corvette of the Royal Navy launched in 1855, displacing 2,187 tons.
In September 1857, during the Indian Rebellion, 175 of the ship's crew were formed into Pearl's Naval Brigade. The small force, armed largely with rifles, took part in several actions. It was accompanied in many of these by a similar force formed from the crew of Shannon.
The ship was captained by
Anglo-Satsuma War
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North Star affair
In May 1861 the Pearl was
pirates. On 13 May, pirates in a junk attacked North Star off the coast of Hong Kong Island. They killed or mortally wounded at least five members of the crew and stole over 4,000 dollars worth of gold before abandoning the ship. Only two survivors remained on the ship. They hid from the pirates until they left North Star, and then set sail for the port of Hong Kong. Pearl was anchored off Green Island at the time and she eventually recovered both North Star and the survivors.[2]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c d Winfield (2004) p.209
- ^ A Sydney Man (23 July 1861). "News and Notes CLXIV". The Courier. Brisbane. p. 3. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- Bibliography
- Clowes, William Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria: Volume VII. Sampson Low, Marston and Company.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Williams, E.A. (1859). The Cruise of the Pearl Round the World: With an Account of the Operations of the Naval Brigade in India. London: Richard Bentle.
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. OCLC 52620555.
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