HMS Phaėton

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Phaeton, 1848
Type: Frigate ; Armament 50
Launched : 25 Nov 1848 ; Disposal date or year : 1875
BM: 2396 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 400 hp
Notes:

Jan, 1846, Phaeton, 50, screw, Mr. White, one-eighth built, at Deptford.

Jan 1848 Deptford, Building

20 Dec 1848 Chatham.

30 Aug 1851 Experimental Squadron

1860 Sheerness.

1 Nov 1861 Sheerness. Commissioned for Service on the North America and West Indies Station.

1864 North America and West Indies Station. Overview of Medical Reports. Reports of dysentery and diarrhoea, fevers and ague, and small-pox onboard. Number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

1870 Sheerness.