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Hyacinth

HMS Hyacinth

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeSloop
WarFirst Opium War
Main guns16 × 32-pounder carronades

18-gun sloop. Fought at both battles of Chuenpi.

Watercolor of HMS Volage and HMS Hyacinth confront Chinese war junks at Chuenpee, 3 November 1839. Photo: Miller, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • 2 × 9-pounder bow chasers
  • Reduced to 14 guns in 1848
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Laid downMarch 1826
Launched6 May 1829
Commissioned12 January 1830
Length109 ft 6 in (33.4 m) (gundeck) 86 ft 9+1⁄2 in (26.5 m) (keel)
Complement125

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

Career

Launched

6 May 1829

First Battle of Chuenpi
Survived

3 November 1839

Second Battle of Chuenpi
Survived

7 January 1841

Fate

Survived

Coal hulk at Portland, November 1860

Breaking completed in November 1871