Bellerophon, 1824-1892
Type: 3rd rate ; Armament 78
BM: 2056 tons
Notes:

1817 Talavera renamed Waterloo whilst on the stocks

1824 Waterloo renamed Bellerophon.

Portsmouth 24 Nov 1824 was blown from her moorings and drifted on the mud in the harbour.

Jul 1830 Portsmouth.

21 Jul 1832 the Nelson, along with the Hibernia, Bellerophon, Edinburgh, Benbow, Spartiate, Pembroke, President, Naiad, Amphitrite, and Trincomalee, it is noted, in the Hampshire Telegraph, were brought forward to be commissioned last summer, at considerable expense, and except for the Spartiate, Edinburgh, and President, and are now to be put back into Ordinary, also at some expense.

Portsmouth 14 Dec 1833 Is being brought out of ordinary and is to be rigged etc. in readiness to go to sea, should circumstances dictate.

Portsmouth 13 Sep 1834 Is to be returned to ordinary for the winter.

Portsmouth 13 Feb 1836 it is reported that she will be docked next week.

Portsmouth 9 Apr 1836 was commissioned here on Wednesday.

Portsmouth 30 Apr 1836 is expected to be taken out of the basin on Tuesday.

Portsmouth 20 May 1836 the Salamander towed the Bellerophon out of harbour to Spithead.

Portsmouth 18 Jun 1836 last Friday 17 year old Charles Rushton, of the Bellerophon, is reported to have jumped over board to save the life of a man who had fallen from the Vanguard, half a mile away.

Portsmouth 9 Jul 1836 Bellerophon has gone on a cruise with the Pembroke, to trial fitments and rigging etc.

Portsmouth 23 Jul 1836 the Hercules, Bellerophon, Vanguard, Pembroke, and Cornwallis have departed on a cruise, during which they are expected to touch at Plymouth Sound.

Portsmouth 8 Oct 1836 arrived Plymouth from Cork (27 Sep), with the Vanguard, Partridge and Emerald, from a cruise with the Experimental Squadron. All, along with the Pembroke, that arrived on the 6th inst., were due to sail again on trials on Friday.

Plymouth 20 Oct 1836 Bellerophon, Vanguard, Pembroke, Hercules, Inconstant, Pique, and Pantaloon, the Experimental Squadron, departed for Lisbon, and thence to Cadiz where the Bellerophon is expected to part company for the Mediterranean.

Cadiz 2 Nov 1836 is reported to have departed for Gibraltar and Malta to replace her foreyard.

Malta 26 Jul 1837 arrived on the 12th inst. and departed on a cruise on the 18th.

Malta 6 Aug 1837 the Rapid, from Port Mahon, reports that the Bellerophon was in quarantine in Palma Bay.

Malta 16 Aug 1837 arrived from quarantine in Palma Bay.

Malta 22 Aug 1837 departed to watch a Turkish Squadron, recently sighted off here, and thence for Barcelona.

7 Feb 1838 At Gibraltar, the weather fine, but was driven on shore on the 12th in a gale.

11 May 1838, Portsmouth, having been docked and coppered, and fitted with a new foremast and bowsprit, departed for Plymouth, en route for Malta, taking with her 500 bags of biscuit for the fleet.

9 Jan 1839 at Malta.

6 Feb 1839 remains at Malta.

16 Mar 1839 still at Malta.

23 Jan 1839 returned to Malta with the Vanguard from the Archipelago and having trimmed the holds and ballast etc., beat the whole squadron, going 10.6-11.6 knots.

Circa 26 Apr 1839, Malta departed for Corfu with Rodney, Talavera, and Castor to exercise their crews, following which they will return here about the 15th, after calling at Patras.

8 May 1839 Malta, Jaseur departed to Corfu with orders from Admiral Stopford for the Rodney, Talavera, Bellerophon, and Castor, not to return to Malta, but to proceed directly to the Levant where the Admiral is expected to join them in due course with the remainder of the fleet.

19 May 1839 Malta, the Rodney, Bellerophon and Talavera, departed from Corfu prior to the arrival of the Jaseur, with her despatches, arriving here on 15th inst., and the Castor on the 16th. The projected cruise has now been cancelled.

20 Jun 1839 arrived Valetta.

2 Jul 1839 Malta, the Princess Charlotte, Rodney, Bellerophon, Pembroke, Tyne and Rhadamanthus departed and joined the Minden, Talavera, Asia, Castor, and Zebra in the offing and departed for the east, but destination unknown.

Sep 1939 at Besika Bay.

13 Oct 1839 Malta, it is reported that a malignant fever had appeared among the crews of both fleets at Besika Bay, but with most intensity on board the French vessels.

4 Nov 1839 Malta, is reported to have departed Besika Bay 23 Oct for a winter anchorage at Vourla.

4 Mar 1840 at Malta.

14 Mar 1840 Mate ---Clarke, appointed from the Vanguard to the Bellerophon ;

6 Apr 1840 at Naples.

25 June 1840 at Malta. Following the arrival of the Megaera with the London mail, will sail for the Levant, and join the squadron.

27 Jun 1840 Malta, departed to join the squadron under Rear Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart., at Beshika Bay.

19 Jul 1840 at Vourla.

16 Aug 1840 arrived at Alexandria on the 14th, and was lying at anchor on the 16th just outside off the Pasha's palace, about six miles distant.

22 Aug 1840 Clerk in Charge Charles Richards (second son of the late Commander G. S. Richards), appointed to the Stromboli, from the Bellerophon.

6 Jul 1840 with the flag officer Mediterranean in the Princess Charlotte, joined Sir John Louis' squadron at Vourla.

20 Jul 1840 departed from Vourla.

3 Aug 1840 arrived Eriseos, Mytelene.

7 Aug 1840 departed round to Mytelene.

6 Sep 1840 Alexandria, departed with Admiral Stopford's squadron.

9 Sep 1840 arrived Beyrout.

11 Sep 1840 Beyrout, the Cyclops opened fire on troops in the south part of the bay.

14 Sep 1840 Beyrout, The bombardment continued and the allied troops fortified their positions.

15 Sep 1840 Beyrout, Fired occasionally as targets showed themselves.

26 Sep 1840 Men from the Bellerophon detached from the ship for operations at Sidon. . Killed. 1 seaman. Wounded. 1 seaman, severely ; 1 seaman, slightly. See www.gazettes-online.co.uk of 17 Nov 1840.

22 Oct 1840 at Beyrout, where sickness has spread amongst the squadron.

2 Nov, 1840 arrived off St. Jean d�Acre.

3 Nov, 1840 bombardment of St. Jean d�Acre. Egyptian forces evacuate St. Jean d�Acre overnight and the town was occupied on the 4th by the Turks. See www.gazettes-online.co.uk of 1 Dec 1840.

8 Nov 1840 off St Jean d�Acre, 2,000 prisoners have been sent away in the Bellerophon, Thunderer, Revenge, and Edinburgh, to Beyrout. See www.gazettes-online.co.uk of 15 Dec 1840. Turkish Medals awarded to the Officers and Men employed during the Campaign. 16 Oct 1844 those onboard between 9 Sep - 10 Oct 1840, and at the bombardment of St. Jean D�Acre, on the 3 Nov 1840, will be paid their respective proportions of the grant voted by Parliament for the said services.

2 Dec 1840, experienced a bad storm off Beyrout and nearly went ashore.

9 Dec 1840 arrived in Marmorice Bay, from Beyrout.

2 Jan 1841 Commander Charles Biikett ; Lieutenant Edwin W. Sanders, appointed to the Bellerophon.

27 Jan 1841 Malta, arrived from Marmorice Bay.

12 Feb 1841 at Malta.

10 Apr 1841 Lieutenant J. E. F. Risk, from the Princess Charlotte appointed to the Bellerophon, vice Saunderson, invalided.

10 Apr 1841 Lieutenant Arthur Cumming, from the Bellerophon appointed to Hydra, vice Malley, sick.

30 Apr 1841 arrived at Gibraltar from Malta.

6 Jun 1841 at Portsmouth, paid off.

19 Aug 1841 Portsmouth, was taken into dock on Thursday.

9 Oct 1841 Assistant-Surgeon John Stewart, late Bellerophon, promoted to Surgeon.

10 Oct 1842 to be fitted as an "Advanced Ship," at Portsmouth, her masts, spars, and rigging, are to be prepared, fitted, ticketed, and housed in the Dockyard, and the ships are to have their bulk heads put up, their anchors, chain cables, and tanks on board, and their armament is to be kept ready in the Gun Wharf.

18 Jul 1846 As reported in the Atlas, but undated: Naval Activity .-The zeal, ability, and great exertions of Captain Collier, C.B., and the officers, seamen, and marines of her Majesty's ship Rodney, have been most conspicuous, they having, in the short space of three days, completely fitted the Bellerophon, 78, for sea, and taken her to Spithead. On leaving work on the evening of March 10, the ship was rigged, and her sails bent ; the main and part of the lower deck guns in, and fitted on their carriages ; three months' water and provisions for 700 men on board, and the ship painted outside. The next morning, the remainder of the guns were got in, and fitted, the hempen cables stowed, boats and other things on board, and by noon she was at anchor at Spithead. The powder, slops, and medicine were sent out to her. and by sunset she was reported ready for service. The Lords of the Admiralty have marked their sense of the thorough seamanship exhibited, and the noble example set by the officers and crew of the Rodney in their unparalleled work of fitting the Bellerophon, 78, with such surprising rapidity, by awarding them a vote of thanks, which will be read to them by the Commander-in-Chief on his official inspection.-Atlas.

15 July 1848 Squadron departed from Portsmouth ; Captain Baynes, C.B.; see St Vincent for article from the Morning Chronicle dated 17 Jul 1848.

30 Aug 1851 Devonport.

17 Oct 1854 1st Bombardment of Sebastopol - see p. 437 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow

4 Feb 1856 Portsmouth. In dock.

1860-90 receiving hulk, Portsmouth. Whilst most of the hulks until this date were invariable seen as being little better than the prison hulks, and officers and men sent to these ships couldn't wait to get ashore at the end of the working day, but the Bellerophon was reported to have been fitted out with a view to improving conditions on this type of vessel, with ventilation, lighting, heating and living arrangements having been up-dated.