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HMS Peterel (1860)
Sloop of the Royal Navy
Sloop of the Royal Navy
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| section1 | {{Infobox ship/image | ||||||
| image | HMS Peterel (1860).jpg | ||||||
| image_caption | *Rosario*-class sloop *Peterel* | ||||||
| section2 | {{Infobox ship/career | ||||||
| country | United Kingdom | ||||||
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| name | HMS *Peterel* | ||||||
| ordered | 1 April 1857 | ||||||
| builder | Devonport Dockyard | ||||||
| laid_down | 5 December 1859 | ||||||
| launched | 10 November 1860 | ||||||
| completed | March 1862 | ||||||
| reclassified | *Lightship in December 1877 | ||||||
| fate | Sold in October 1901 | ||||||
| section3 | {{Infobox ship/characteristics | ||||||
| class | *Rosario*-class sloop | ||||||
| tons_burthen | 668 bm | ||||||
| displacement | 913 tons | ||||||
| length | *160 ft (gundeck) | ||||||
| *{{convert | 139 | ft | 8.5 | in | m | abbr | on}} (keel) |
| beam | 30 ft | ||||||
| draught | 15 ft | ||||||
| hold_depth | 18 ft | ||||||
| propulsion | *Sails | ||||||
| speed | 8.982 kn (under engines) | ||||||
| sail_plan | *Full-rigged ship (as built) | ||||||
| complement | 130–150 | ||||||
| armament | ***As built** |
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Coal hulk in December 1885
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139 ft (keel)
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2-cylinder horizontal single expansion engine
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Single screw
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150 nhp
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478 ihp
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Barque-rigged (after 1869)
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1 × 40-pdr Armstrong BL
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6 × 32-pdr MLSB
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4 × 20-pdr Armstrong BL
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After 1869
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1 × 7 in ML
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2 × 40-pdrs
'*HMS Peterel''' was a *Rosario''-class sloop of the Royal Navy.
Peterel served three commissions as a warship, on the North America and West Indies Station, the Cape of Good Hope Station and the Pacific Station. In 1877 she became a lightship marking the wreck of , then in 1885 she was converted into a coal depot before finally being sold in 1901, the longest lived of her class.
Figurehead
The ships figurehead was a simple three-quarter-length female bust carved by the resident carver of Devonport Dockyard, Frederick Dickerson of the Dickerson family.
When the ship was sold, the figurehead was preserved at Devonport Dockyard and subsequently moved to the training establishment of HMS Royal Arthur.
The figurehead eventually transferred to the Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust who still own the artefact. It is currently at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth as part of 'The Dockyard Apprentice' exhibition.
Citations
References
References
- Pulvertaft, David. (2009). "The Warship Figureheads of Portsmouth". The History Press.
- Pulvertaft, David. (2009). "The Warship Figureheads of Portsmouth". The History Press.
- "Discover the Royal Navy like never before {{!}} National Museum of the Royal Navy".
- "Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust (Support Group) - Layout Guide to Apprentice Exhibition".
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