HMS Bulldog

Wrecked

Type	Steamer
War	Crimean War
Main guns	2 × 68-pounder guns

Paddle sloop at Bomarsund. Blown up by her crew after running aground while attacking rebel ships at Cap-Haïtien in 1865.

H.M. Steam Frigate Bulldog steaming into Kioge Bay with Her Britannic Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen on board - The Bearer of the Declaration of War with Russia by England (proof) Hand-coloured. H.M. Steam Frigate Bulldog steaming into Kioge Bay with Her Britannic Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen Photo: Ackermann (publishers); Day and Son (engravers); Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth (engraver); G. Morrison (artist), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

2 × 42-pdr (84 cwt) MLSB guns on pivot mounts
2 × 68-pdr (64 cwt) MLSB guns on broadside trucks
2 × 42-pdr (22 cwt) carronades
1862 Armament change
1 × 68-pdr 95 cwt or 110=pdr 82 cwt on pivot mount
4 × 8-inch 52 cwt shell guns on broadside trucks

Builder	Royal Dockyard, Chatham
Laid down	7 July 1844
Launched	2 October 1845
Commissioned	25 June 1846
Length	190 ft 0 in (57.9 m) gundeck 166 ft 2.125 in (50.7 m) keel for tonnage

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

2 October 1845

Battle of Bomarsund

Survived

8–16 August 1854

Fate

Wrecked

Ran aground and blown up, 23 October 1865