HMS Philomel

Sunk

Type	Sloop
War	Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata
Main guns	8 × 16-pounder guns

Survey brig commanded by Bartholomew Sulivan, who had sailed with Darwin in Beagle. He surveyed the Argentine batteries before Obligado and fought there.

Plan of the action of Point Obligado. Important news from the River Plate. Defeat of General Rosas by the English and French troops. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 31 January 1846. Volume: 8 , Issue: 196. Page 5. Read the ILN Ships include: Fanny Prize (English); Fulton, paddle (2 gun Photo: ILN Staff, after a correspondent, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

8 x 16 pdrs

Laid down	April 1840
Launched	28 March 1842
Commissioned	16 July 1842
Complement	44

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

Career

Launched

28 March 1842

Battle of Vuelta de Obligado

Survived

20 November 1845

Fate

Sunk

Foundered in the Swale, 1869. Wreck sold and broken up 26 February 1870.