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Name | HMS Bulldog |
Ordered | 18 March 1841 |
Builder | Royal Dockyard, Chatham |
Cost | £58,122 |
Laid down | 7 July 1844 |
Launched | 2 October 1845 |
Completed | 7 September 1846 |
Commissioned | 25 June 1846 |
Honours and awards | Baltic 1854-1855 |
Fate | Ran aground and blown up 23 October 1865 |
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Tons burthen | 1125+71⁄94 bm |
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Depth of hold | 21 ft 0 in (6.4 m) |
Installed power | 500 NHP |
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HMS Bulldog was a Bulldog-class sloop designed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy. Originally she was ordered as a Driver-class sloop, however, under Admiralty Order of 26 December 1843 she was directed to be built to a new specification.[1][full citation needed] After commissioning she sailed for the Cape of Good Hope. She then was in the Baltic Sea for the Crimean War. She carried out ocean sounding for the Atlantic telegraph. She was lost while in action with the Haitians in 1865.
Bulldog was the third vessel so named since it was used for a 16-gun sloop, launched by Ladd of Dover on 10 November 1782, made a bomb in 1798, converted to a powder hulk 1801 Breaking completed at Portsmouth in December 1829. The vessel had been in French hands from 27 February 1801 to 16 September 1801.[2]
Construction
[edit]She was ordered on 18 March 1841 from Chatham Dockyard though her keel was not laid until 7 July 1844.[3] She was launched on 2 October 1845. Following her launch she was towed to the East India Dock to have her boilers and machinery fitted.[4] She was then towed to Chatham and was completed for sea on 7 September 1846 at an initial cost of £58,122[5] including the hull at £23,342, machinery at £24,892 and fitting at £8,338.[Note 1]
Commissioned service
[edit]First commission
[edit]She was commissioned at Devonport under Commander George Evans Davis, RN on 25 June 1846 for service on the Cape of Good Hope Station.[6][full citation needed] By December she was back in Devonport.[7] Commander Astley Cooper Key, RN took command on 4 May 1847 and assigned to the Mediterranean.[8] She returned paying off on 16 April 1850.[9][full citation needed]
Second commission
[edit]She commissioned on 23 January 1854 under the command of Commander William King Hall, RN for service in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War.[10][full citation needed] She was the flagship of Sir Robert Napier during the bombardment of Bomarsund on 16 August 1854.
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In February 1855 her new commander was Commander Alexander Crombie Gordon, RN for her return to the Baltic.[11] By December 1856 she had been assigned to particular service.[12] She was paid off into steam reserve on 25 March 1857.[13][full citation needed]
Third commission
[edit]On 2 June 1860 she was commissioned under Sir Francis Leopold McClintock for ocean sounding for the Atlantic Telegraph.[14][full citation needed] Commander Henry Frederick McKillop, RN took command on 3 December 1860. During 1861 she was fitted with Armstrong guns before proceeding to the North America and West Indies Station.[15][16]
Fourth commission
[edit]In March 1864 she was commissioned for service on the North American and West Indies Station under the command of Captain Charles Wake, RN.[17][full citation needed]
Loss
[edit]![](Https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/HMS_Bulldog_in_Conflict_with_the_Flotilla_and_Forts_at_Cape_Haytien%2C_on_the_Coast_of_Hayti_-_ILN_1865.jpg/220px-HMS_Bulldog_in_Conflict_with_the_Flotilla_and_Forts_at_Cape_Haytien%2C_on_the_Coast_of_Hayti_-_ILN_1865.jpg)
She was in action at Cape Haytien with Haitian ships and forts on 23 October 1865. She sank the Haitian ships Valorogue and a schooner before she was run around then deliberately blown up.[18]
Notes
[edit]- ^ A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £7,109,400 in today's money.
Citations
[edit]- ^ Winfield
- ^ Colledge, Bulldog
- ^ Lyon Winfield, page 161
- ^ Winfield
- ^ Winfield
- ^ Winfield
- ^ The new Navy List, January 1847, page 217
- ^ The Navy List, July 1848, page 120
- ^ Winfield
- ^ Winfield
- ^ The Navy List, July 1855, page 141
- ^ The Navy List, January 1857, page 142
- ^ Winfield
- ^ Winfield
- ^ Winfield
- ^ The Navy List, January 1862, page 160
- ^ Winfield
- ^ Winfield
References
[edit]- Lyon Winfield, The Sail & Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815 to 1889, by David Lyon & Rif Winfield, published by Chatham Publishing, London © 2004, ISBN 1-86176-032-9
- Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1817 – 1863), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2014, eISBN 9781473837430, Chapter 11 Steam Paddle Vessels, Vessels acquired since November 1830, Stromboli Class
- Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, 2020, e ISBN 978-1-5267-9328-7 (EPUB)
- The New Navy List, conducted by Joseph Allen, Esq., RN, London: Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, Military Library, Whitehall, MDCCCXLVII
- The Navy List, published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London
External links
[edit]Media related to HMS Bulldog (ship, 1845) at Wikimedia Commons