HMS St Jean d'Acre

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St Jean d'Acre, 1853
Type: 1st rate ; Armament 101
Launched : 23 Mar 1853 ; Disposal date or year : 1875
BM: 3199 tons
Propulsion: Screw Complement: 900
Machinery notes: 600 hp ; Speed ; 11.19 knots ;
Notes:

Jan 1846, St. Jean d'Acre. 90, Sir W. Symonds, timbers prepared, at Plymouth.

Designed by the Surveyors Dept. for the screw

Jan 1848 Devonport, Building

20 Dec 1848 Devonport, Building

11 Mar 1854 departed Spithead, with the fleet, for the Baltic - see p. 413 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow

15 Apr 1854 captured Russian brig Patrioten [Prize Money per London Gazette of 21 Jul 1857].

13 Jun 1854 the French fleet joined the British in the Baltic at Baro Sound - see p. 419-> at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow

25 May 1855, Kertch and Yenikale were captured, along with thousands of tons and coal and provisions, along with factories etc., by some 60 French and British vessels, and allied troops, for which no prize money appeared to be payable, contrary to the Queen's instructions. See Hansard for more details, and approval for a Parliamentary Grant in lieu.

1860 Lisbon

29 Jul 1861 ordered from Gibraltar to Malta.

23 Aug 1861 left Gibraltar for Tangiers and Cadiz.

24 Aug 1861 departed for Plymouth.

2 Sep 1861 arrived Plymouth Sound Friday, from the Mediterranean, to pay off. 1870 Devonport, 81 guns