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Irresistible, 1859
Type: 2nd rate ; Armament 80
Launched : 27 Oct 1859 ;
Disposal date or year : 1894
BM: 2642 tons ; Displacement: 3842 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 400 hp
Notes:
29 May 1840 is ordered to he laid down in HM dockyard Chatham
Jan, 1846, Irresistible, 80, Sir W. Symonds, timbers preparing, at Chatham
Jan 1848 Chatham, Building
20 Dec 1848 Chatham, Building
1860 Sheerness
1 April 1864 Commissioned at Sheerness.
1 Apr to 31 Dec 1864 Coast Guard Service, Home Station, at Southampton, replacing the Dauntless, which is earmarked for Hull, having had her bottom cleaned. The officers and crew of the Dauntless have transferred to the Irresistible. Number of Cases of Disease and Injury.
1868 Harbour Service
1870 Bermuda, Ship's Co borne in Terror.
1879 Depot Ship, Bermuda.
1890 Depot Ship, Bermuda.