HMS Acheron (1838)
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Acheron.
Acheron in New Zealand | |
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Name: | HMS Acheron |
Ordered: | 15 September 1837[Note 1][1] |
Builder: | Sheerness dockyard |
Cost: | £25,509[Note 2] |
Laid down: | October 1837[1] |
Launched: | 23 August 1838[1] |
Commissioned: | 8 January 1839[1] |
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General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | Hermes-class sloop |
Displacement: | 1,006 tons |
Tons burthen: | 715 43/94 bm |
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Beam: | 32 ft 9 in (10.0 m) |
Draught: |
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Depth of hold: | 18 ft 2 in (5.5 m) |
Installed power: | 160 nominal horsepower |
Propulsion: |
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Sail plan: | 3-masted barque rigged |
Complement: | 135 |
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HMS Acheron was a Hermes-class wooden paddle sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Sheerness in 1838. Between 1848 and 1851 she made a coastal survey of New Zealand, the first such survey since Captain Cook. She was sold at Sydney in 1855.
Career
Acheron, under the command of Captain John Lort Stokes, was despatched to New Zealand in January 1848, arriving in November the same year.[2] In March 1851, due to a budget cut to the Hydrographer of the Navy, Acheron was ordered to be laid up in Sydney, Australia and her crew returned to England.[2][3]
Fate
Acheron was sold at Sydney on 23 April 1855 for £2,067 16s.[1]
Notes
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Winfield (2004) p.158
- 1 2 Hydro International: By the Old Hydrographer
- ↑ Natusch, Sheila. "John Lort Stokes". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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