HMS Conqueror

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Conqueror, 1855
Type: 1st rate ; Armament 101
Launched : 2 May 1855 ; Disposal date or year : 29 Dec 1861
Disposal Details : Wrecked on Rum Key, West Indies ; Capt. Edw. Southwell Sotheby, C.B.
BM: 3225 tons ; Displacement: 5720 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 800
Notes:

2 Jan 1856 Instructor Parker (1836) appointed to ship at Devonport

4 Feb 1856 Devonport. In Harbour

24 Feb 1856 Devonport. A satisfactory trial of engines carried out.

23 Apr 1856, Present at Fleet Review, Spithead ; Captain Symonds, C.B.

1860 Channel Squadron