HMS Beagle (1854)

HMS Beagle (1854)

HMS "Beagle" was a wooden-hulled "Arrow"-class second-class screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1863. She was the third vessel of the Royal Navy to use the name.

Design

The Crimean War sparked a sudden need for shallow-draught, manoeuvrable vessels for inshore work in the Baltic and the Black Sea. The "Arrow" class of six wooden-hulled screw steamers were built during 1854 to a design by the Surveyor’s Department. Construction was undertaken at two commercial yards on the Thames, R & H Green and C J Mare & Company, both of Blackwall. Two further designs of Crimean War gunvessel were ordered during 1855, the "Intrepid" class and the "Vigilant" class. The class was built as despatch vessels, but in 1856 were redesignated as second-class gunvessels.

Propulsion

A two-cylinder horizontal single expansion steam engine supplied by Humphrys, Tennant & Dykes provided convert|160|hp|0 through a single screw.

ail Plan

All "Arrow"-class gunvessels were barque-rigged.

Armament

The "Arrow" class were provided with two 68-pounder Lancaster Muzzle Loading Rifles weighing convert|95|long cwt|kg|abbr=on on pivot mounts, and four 32-pounder convert|25|long cwt|kg|abbr=on guns.

Construction

"Beagle" was laid down at the Blackwall yard of C J Mare & Company on 15 April 1854 and launched on 20 July the same year. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy two months later on 3 September.

Career

"Beagle" took part in the Crimean War from 1854 to 1856. During the Crimean War, two of her ship's company were awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions: Joseph Trewavas was awarded the VC for his actions in the Sea of Azov, and an acting-mate in "Beagle", Wiliam Hewett, was awarded the VC for his actions in defending a shore battery. [LondonGazette |issue=21971 |date=1857-02-24 |startpage=652 |endpage= |supp= |accessdate=2008-06-25]

Disposal

"Beagle" was sold to the Japanese army at Hong Kong in 1863 to be used as a training vessel, and was renamed "Kanko" in 1865. She was broken up in 1889. [cite web |url=http://www.aboutdarwin.com/literature/Beagles.html |title=How the ship, HMS "Beagle", got her name. |publisher=AboutDarwin |accessdate=2008-06-25]

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