HMS Alligator (1821)

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HMS Alligator was a 28-gun {{sclass|Atholl|corvette|0}} sixth rate of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Cochin, British India on 29 March 1821.

Alligator, under the command of Captain G.R. Lambert,{{cite book |last1= Fitzgerald |first1= Caroline |title= Te Wiremu: Henry Williams – Early Years in the North |year=2011|publisher= Huia Publishers, New Zealand |isbn=978-1-86969-439-5 |page=236 }} operated in New Zealand during 1834, leaving on 31 March 1834, but returned again in September the same year to rescue the crew and passengers of Harriet, which was wrecked near Cape Egmont, Taranaki and were held by the Ngāti Ruanui.{{cite journal|last1=Colenso |first1=William |title= The first European fighting at Taranaki - In Sherrin AA. The Early history of New Zealand: Part 1 of Brett's Historical Series: Early New Zealand, Auckland, pp. 435-458|url= http://www.colensostudy.id.au/Newsletters/Year%202018/eCol%20Supplement%20April%2018.pdf |date= 4 April 2018 |journal= Colenso Society (Supplement)|volume=9|issue=4|pages=1–20}}

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In March 1834, Alligator was on hand (and fired the 13-gun salute) at the first hoisting of the first national flag of New Zealand, at Waitangi, Bay of Islands.{{cite book |last1=John Butler|first1= Compiled by R. J. Barton|title= Earliest New Zealand: the Journals and Correspondence of the Rev. John Butler |url= http://www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz/document/?wid=1468&page=0&action=null|year=1927|publisher=Early New Zealand Books (ENZB), University of Auckland Library |page=404}}'United Tribes Flag', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/taming-the-frontier/united-tribes-flag, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 19-Mar-2008

She eventually became a depot ship at Trincomalee in June 1841, and was then converted to a troopship in July 1842. Alligator was finally hulked as seamen’s hospital at Hong Kong in December 1846.

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