Salamander, 1832
Type: 2nd class sloop ; Armament 6 (later reduced to 3)
Launched : 16 May 1832 ; Disposal date or year : 1883
BM: 818 tons ; Displacement: 1380 tons
Propulsion: Paddle
Machinery notes: 506 hpi 220
Notes:

20 May 1831 Pegasus, 46, has been taken to pieces on her slip in Sheerness Dock-yard, and the the Salamander, a steam- vessel, of 800 tons, is to be built on the same slip, the keel of the Pegasus remains, with an addition of sixteen feet for the steamer.

27 Oct 1832 is reported to be taking in her boilers in the basin at Woolwich.

10 Dec 1832 was reported to have been commissioned at Woolwich, by Cdr. H. Austin, last week ; is nearly manned and is fitting for sea.

2 Mar 1833 passed through the Downs for Plymouth.

19 Mar 1833 passed through the Downs from Plymouth for the River.

18 Apr 1833 arrived Deal.

19 Apr 1833 arrived Downs from a cruise in the North Sea.

21 Jun 1833 arrived Portsmouth from the eastward, embarked 100 Marines and departed for Pembroke dockyard.

22 Jun 1833 arrived Plymouth from the eastward with seamen, and departed for Milford.

20 Jul 1833 arrived Plymouth from Milford.

7 Sep 1833 arrived Portsmouth from Sheerness and came into the harbour.

16 Sep 1833 In Portsmouth Harbour.

16 Sep 1833 departed Portsmouth for Lisbon.

11 Oct 1833 arrived Devonport from Lisbon.

12 Oct 1833 In Hamoaze.

3 Nov 1833 arrived Portsmouth from Plymouth, and departed for the eastward.

1 Jan 1834 On the Lisbon Station.

16 Jan 1834 at Woolwich.

19 Apr 1834 arrived Portsmouth from Lisbon.

26 Jun 1834 departed Plymouth for Woolwich.

12 Jul 1834 arrived Portsmouth from the eastward, for the island of Guernsey.

23 Jul 1834 arrived Portsmouth with seamen from the Asia, paid off at Chatham.

4 Nov 1834 departed Portsmouth for the river.

17 Jan 1835 in harbour at Portsmouth

4 Feb 1835 Britannia towed into Portsmouth harbour by the Salamander, to be paid off into ordinary.

13 Feb 1835 departed Portsmouth for Plymouth with the Royal Marines paid off from the Britannia.

17 Feb 1835 arrived Portsmouth from Plymouth with Royal Marines from the Talavera.

17 Feb 1835 departed Portsmouth for Chatham with the Cadmus in tow, which is to be converted to a Coast Guard depot on the Medway.

28 Feb 1835 is reported to have been paid off. It is intended that she will be manned by men from the guard ships at Woolwich when required.

River Thames, London 1 Aug 1835 celebrated the arrival of the King and Queen as the visited Greenwich Hospital, by manning the yards and dressing the ship overall.

23 Apr 1836 arrived Portsmouth from Lisbon with mail.

San Sebastian 5 May 1836 the Phoenix and Salamander are reported to have opened fire on behalf of the British Legion and Her Catholic Majesty's forces against the Carlist fortifications.

20 May 1836 arrived Portsmouth from the eastward, towed the Bellerophon out of harbour to Spithead, and then departed for the North Coast of Spain, with marines and equipment for the ships and marines operating in this region.

7 Jul 1836 at San Sebastian supporting the British Legion. See p. 276 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow.

19 Feb 1837 reported to be at Passages.

21 May 1837 remained San Sebastian when the Rhadamanthus departed for Plymouth.

13 Jun 1840 Portsmouth is expected shortly from the north coast of Spain, to be paid off.

8 Aug 1840 Commander Sidney Colpoys Dacres (commanding the Salamander steam vessel,) promoted to the rank of Captain, for services on the coast of Spain.

20 Aug 1840 Portsmouth arrived from St. Sebastian, with a detachment of the Marine Battalion and having landed part of them at Plymouth, and the remainder here, she returns tomorrow to bring another portion of the battalion home.

22 Aug 1840 Acting Master. H. J. London (of the Salamander), promoted to the rank of Master and Pilot.

5 Sep 1840 Portsmouth arrived from on Thursday, from Passages, with part of the RM Battalion and having landed three horses proceeded to the Eastward.

11 Sep 1840 Woolwich arrived from Passages on Saturday last. Having been in commission nearly 4 years, it was expected she would be paid off, however, she will leave again so soon as her defects are made good.

15 Sep 1840 Woolwich, was taken into the dry dock on Monday to be examined : the copper sheathing being covered in patches with large full-grown muscles, hanging like clusters of grapes to a vary tenacious kind of seaweed. A number of hands having keen employed to scrape off the shells, she will be ready for sea in a few days.

15 Sep 1840, Commander Hastings Reginald Henry (1838), appointed to the Salamander, vice Davies, promoted. Lieutenant Frederick Chevalier Syer (1828), appointed from the Salamander, to command the Comet, vice Gordon, promoted.

19 Sep 1840 Lieutenant Henry Byng, appointed to be first of the Salamander.

9 Oct 1840 Woolwich, left Sheerness on Wednesday, with the Howe, for Spithead.

10 Oct 1840 Portsmouth, arrived here yesterday from Sheerness.

15 Oct 1840 Portsmouth, took round to the eastward the officers of the Camperdown lent to the Howe, and army invalids.

17 Oct 1840 Third Engineer George Baker, appointed to the Salamander.

27 Oct 1840 Woolwich, arrived at Woolwich and loaded ordnance from the Royal Arsenal. She departed the following day for Portsmouth, towing the sloop Duke of Somerset.

30 Oct 1840, Portsmouth, arrived from Woolwich, with an Ordnance hoy in tow, and 120 seamen as passengers.

31 Oct 1840, Boatswain John Collins, appointed to Salamander ;

5 Nov 1840 Woolwich, departed for Plymouth with a detachment of Royal Marines, embarked at Sheerness, for a passage to Plymouth, for the Caledonia.

15 Nov 1840 Portsmouth, returned from Plymouth with 100 men for the ships fitting out.

21 Nov 1840 Mate W. D. Carroll (from Salamander) appointed to the Queen ;

5 Dec 1840 Spithead, departed for Sheerness.

12 Dec 1840 Sheerness, departed on Monday for Norway, in search of the Fairy, and will visit the Shetland Isles, and call at Leith if necessary.

2 Jan 1841 arrived at Sheerness on Wednesday, after an unsuccessful search for the Fairy.

27 Jan 1841 remains at Sheerness, awaiting Admiralty orders.

16 Mar 1841 accompanied the Vernon from Sheerness to Spithead.

19 Mar 1841 returned to Sheerness.

15 Apr 1841 Woolwich, arrived from Sheerness and is being fitted out for the new English consul at St. Petersburgh, who will be landed at Cronstadt.

17 Apr 1841 Mate H. D. Blanckley, from the Excellent appointed to the Salamander ;

19 Apr 1841 returned to Sheerness.

4 May 1841 Woolwich, left for Sheerness to tow the Monarch to the Downs, and then returned to Woolwich to be ready to embark the Hon. Mr. Bloomfield and suite, for Cronstadt.

17 May 1841 arrived at Cronstadt and disembarked the Hon. Mr. Bloomfield and suite.

22 May 1841 embarked the Marquis of Clanricarde and departed for England.

29 May 1841 arrived at Woolwich.

17 Jun 1841 Woolwich, departed for Sheerness, and will return today.

24 Jun 1841 Portsmouth, arrived from Sheerness, and departed for Plymouth.

28 Jun 1841 Portsmouth, arrived from Plymouth and departed 3 Jul for Chatham.

4 Jul 1841 arrived at Chatham with invalids from Plymouth and Portsmouth and then departed for Woolwich.

30 Jul 1841 was paid off at Woolwich.

26 Mar 1842 undergoing repairs at Woolwich.

11 Apr 1842 is reported from Woolwich to be carrying out trials of her machinery in the River.

29 Jun 1842 commissioned at Woolwich by Cdr Hammond.

12 Aug 1842 at Woolwich undergoing repairs which it is hoped with be completed next week.

24 Aug 1842 will shortly depart to the Nore to join the Queen's escort of the Royal George en route to Granton, Nr. Leith, Scotland.

24 Sep 1842 is reported to be due to leave Spithead shortly for Brazil with the Rt. Hon. Henry Ellis.

1 Oct 1842 arrived Spithead in the morning and departed in the afternoon for Plymouth to embark the Rt Jon Henry Ellis, Special Minister, for Brazils.

5 Oct 1842 arrived Plymouth from Portsmouth and having embarked the Rt Hon Henry Ellis the following day departed for the Brazils.

11 Oct 1842 put into Funchal Roads, en route to Rio de Janeiro.

29 Oct 1842 is understood to be departing the East Coast of South America for the West Coast.

1 May 1844 at Valparaiso (Cdr A.S. Hammond)

Later in Jun 1845 The Salamander was stationed at Tahiti, and the Cormorant had gone to Panama to meet the June mail from England.

30 August 1845 The master of the Falcon reports: at Papeiti all was quiet, although the natives still remained under arms in their camps. Reiatea, the residence of Queen Pomare, was still kept under blockade by the French. When the Falcon left Papeiti the following vessels were lying there: the French frigate Uranie, HMS Salamander, the US whalers General Jackson, Washington, George and Columbia. The brig Ontario was just entering the harbour when the Falcon left.

18 Oct1845 The Salamander, English war steamer, was still at Tahiti.

1846 Pacific and Otaheite Station

6 June 1846 On the 21st March the natives of Tahiti commenced an attack on the French forces by firing from each end of the beach, which fire was returned by the barracks and block-houses. The French corvettes Fortune, Heroine, and the steamer Phaeton, were also moored off Papieti, bombarding it. On the 22nd the natives set fire to several houses, among which was that of Mr. Joseph Moore, which was totally consumed. When the Isabella Anna left Papieti the fight was going on briskly, which was decidedly in favour of the natives, as they had driven the French forces into their fortresses, where they then remained. Most of the English and American subjects sought refuge on board the various vessels in harbour, where they were kindly received. The doctor of H.M. steamer Salamander had been fired at, and was wounded in the head, but not seriously. The Tahitians appeared determined to resist the French authorities, and it was expected that the contest would last for some time. The natives of the Navigator Islands were becoming very, troublesome, and it was supposed that Mr. Pritchard would leave by the first man-of-war that touched there, or that he would adopt some measures for punishing them.

22 Aug 1846 The Portenia brings no additional news from Tahiti; the French frigates Uranie and H�roine were lying there, also La Fortune storeship. and H.M. steamer Salamander. The Portenia touched at Norfolk Island, at which place the Government barque Lady Franklin was still remaining; no further outbreak had occurred with the prisoners, but the rioters were yet kept in irons. Saw the China, from Hobart Town, with troops, last Friday se'nnight, off Port Stephens, bound for Calcutta.

20 Dec 1848 Steam sloop, Woolwich.

30 Aug 1851 East Indies

1 Apr 1852 anchored off the mouth of the Rangoon river, with the Fox, Hermes, Salamander, Serpent, and a gunboat, in addition to a number of vessels of the Indian marine - see p. 374-> at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow

5 Apr 1852 involved in the capture of Martaban - see p. 374-5 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow

Jun / Jul 1852 Lying at Blenheim Reach, Whampoa. The 1st Lieut. Died between 8 - 10 June.

5 Apr � 20 Dec 1852, ship's company involved in 2nd Burma War, and annexation of Pegu (now known as Bago, Myanmar), for which they were due prize money for capture of booty.

20 Feb 1856 Act 2nd Master GS Webster apptd ; West Coast of Africa Station

1860 Deptford.

10 Dec 1863 Sheerness. Commissioned for Irregular or particular service and service on the Australia Station.

1 Jan to 30 June 1864 Irregular or particular service. Medical report : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

1 July to 31 Dec 1864 Australian Station. Medical report : dysentery onboard : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

1870 Sheerness, 2 guns

1879 Portsmouth.