HMS Modeste (1837)
Appearance
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History | |
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Name | HMS Modeste |
Ordered | 6 February 1837 |
Builder | Woolwich Dockyard |
Cost | £15,042 |
Laid down | May 1837 |
Launched | 31 September 1837 |
Commissioned | 10 March 1838 |
Fate | Sold March 1866 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Modeste-class corvette |
Tons burthen | 562 30⁄94 tons bm |
Length |
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Beam | 33 ft 1 in (10.1 m) |
Depth of hold | 14 ft 2 in (4.32 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Complement | 150 |
Armament |
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HMS Modeste was a British Royal Navy corvette commissioned in 1838 and sold in 1866.
Operations
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The Modeste was a part of the British forces engaged in the First Opium War against the Qing Empire.[1]
References
- Lyon, David and Rif Winfield. The Sail and Steam Navy List: All of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham Publishing. 2004, p. 120.
- ^ Bingham, J. Elliot. Narrative of the Expedition to China. Vol. 1. London: Henry Colburn. 1843.