HMS Topaze

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Topaze, 1814
Type: 5th rate ; Armament 38
Taken : 27 Mar 1814 ; Disposal date or year : 1851
BM: 1060 tons
Notes:

27 Mar 1814 l'Etoile taken off La Hogue by Hebrus.

1814 l'Etoile renamed Topaze.

Plymouth 17 Feb 1818 To undergo a thorough repair.

Portsmouth 11 Jul 1818 Is shortly due to sail for Madras and Bengal.

Cape of Good Hope 24 Sep 1818 arrived from Spithead and Madeira, en route for the East Indies.

Trincomalee 18 Aug 1819 Had returned from China, and was due to relieve the Liverpool at Mauritius and was to proceed to the Gult to conduct an expedition against the pirates.

11 Oct 1820 the Admiralty announced that the commanding officers of the following vessels now cruising on the East Indies Station, ie the Leander, Liverpool, Topaze, Dauntless, Curlew, and Carron, have been supplied with their instructions, should the right circumstances arise, authorising them to detain Portuguese or Spanish vessels in accordance with the several Treaties with foreign powers for preventing the Illegal Traffic in slaves with those countries.

3 Dec 1820 - 15 Jan 1821 expedition to obtain redress from the Imaum of Sanaa for injuries inflicted on British subjects in Mocha. See p. 233 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow.

Madras 2 Jun 1821 Was reported to be in the China Seas.

27 Nov 1821 Is in commission and based in the East Indies.

1830 Receiving Ship, Portsmouth.

11 Jul 1840 Portsmouth, will be used as a base for those surveying Portsmouth Harbour.

20 Dec 1848 Receiving Ship, Portsmouth.

1850 Used as a target.