HMS Hyacinth (1829)
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image=Volage & Hyacinth in Chuenpee.jpg | Ship caption=Hyacinth and {{HMS|Volage|1825|2}} engage Chinese war junks, 3 November 1839 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United Kingdom | Ship flag=File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg | Ship name=HMS Hyacinth | Ship owner= | Ship ordered=10 June 1823 | Ship builder=Plymouth Dockyard | Ship original cost=£17,361 including fittingA total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|17361|1829|r=-2}}}} in today's money. | Ship laid down=March 1826 | Ship launched=6 May 1829 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=12 January 1830 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=*Coal hulk at Portland, November 1860
| Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=Winfield (2004) p.118 | Ship class={{sclass|Favorite|ship sloop}} | Ship tons burthen=429 40/94 bm | Ship length=*{{convert|109|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on|1}} (gundeck)
| Ship beam={{convert|30|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}} oa | Ship draught= | Ship draft= | Ship hold depth={{convert|12|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | Ship propulsion= | Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship | Ship complement=125 | Ship armament=*16 × 32-pounder carronades
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HMS Hyacinth was an 18-gun Royal Navy ship sloop. She was launched in 1829 and surveyed the north-eastern coast of Australia under Francis Price Blackwood during the mid-1830s. She took part in the First Opium War, destroying, with HMS Volage, 29 Chinese junks. She became a coal hulk at Portland in 1860 and was broken up in 1871.
Design and construction
Hyacinth was the second of four {{sclass|Favorite|ship sloop}}s, which were a ship-rigged and lengthened version of the 1796 {{sclass|Cruizer|brig-sloop}}. All four ships of the class were ordered on 10 June 1823 and Hyacinth was laid down at Plymouth Dockyard in March 1826. She was launched on 6 May 1829 and commissioned for the West Indies Station on 12 January 1830.
=Dimensions=
Hyacinth measured {{convert|109|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on|1}} along the gun deck by {{convert|30|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}} in the beam, and had a tonnage of 429 40/94 bm. She was flush-decked with a small forecastle and quarterdeck.
=Armament=
She was armed with sixteen 32-pounder carronades and two 9-pounder bow chaser guns.
Service
During her 42-year career, she was stationed in the West and East Indies from 1829–41, took part in the First Opium War from 1841–42, and from 1843-46 was stationed off the west coast of Africa in the suppression of the slave trade. After being reduced to 14 guns in 1848, she later became a coal hulk at Portsmouth. On 2 October 1871, Hyacinth drove ashore and sank in the Clarence Creek.{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military News |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=4 October 1871 |issue=4083 }} She was subsequently broken up.
Notes
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Citations
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References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|HMS Hyacinth (1829)}}
- [http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1588 Career of HMS Hyacinth at William Loney website]
- {{cite web|url=https://sites.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/18-1900/H/02344.html|title=HMS Hyacinth at the naval Database website}}
{{Royal Navy ship-rigged sloops after 1816}}
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Category:Sloops of the Royal Navy
Category:Ships of the West Africa Squadron
Category:Ships built in Plymouth, Devon
Category:First Opium War ships of the United Kingdom
Category:Survey vessels of the Royal Navy