HMS Tribune

Naval Database

Tribune, 1853
Type: Corvette - Frigate ; Armament 31
Launched : 21 Jan 1853 ; Disposal date or year : 1866
BM: 1569 tons ; Displacement: 2243 tons
Propulsion: Screw Complement: 300
Machinery notes: 300 hp ; Speed ; 10.41 knots ;
Notes:

Designed by Surveyor's Dept. Bit. at Sheerness.

The Tribune (1853), and Curacoa (1854) were built on similar lines.

20 Dec 1848 Sheerness, building.

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

13 Apr 1854 detained the Russian barque Fenix, or Phoenix.

13 Apr 1854 detained the Russian brig Alexander.

13 Apr 1854 detained the Russian vessel Abo.

13 Apr 1854 detained the Russian vessel Mentor.

23 Apr 1854 detained the Russian vessel Aegir.

1 May 1854 detained the Russian vessel Amerika.

17 Oct 1854 1st Bombardment of Sebastopol - see p. 437 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow

12 Nov 1854 the Tribune, Highflyer and Lynx, supported a landing-party which destroyed a martello tower at Djemetil, near Anapa - see p. 435 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.

5 Jan 1856 : Naval Prize Money - see below.

25 May 1857 Canton River, Captain Edgell.

1 Jun 1857 Battle of Fatshan Creek (see also www.gazettes-online.co.uk of 1 Aug 1857).

30 Oct 1857 Hongkong.

15 Jan 1858 Canton River.

27 Nov 1858 departed from Hongkong for Vancouver.

1 Oct 1856 - 26 Jun 1858 Parliamentary Grant of �33,000, for services (in lieu of Prize Money) on the China Station to be divided between 56 Vessels

1860 Portsmouth Frigate

19 Mar 1862 Portsmouth. Commissioned.

1864 on the Pacific station. Report of fever and VD etc. onboard : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

Daily News 5 Jan 1856 : Naval Prize Money
Notice is given to the officer, seamen and marines and to all persons interested therein, that the distribution of proceeds arising from the Russian brig Alexander, captured on 12 April 1854, by her Majesty's ship Tribune, will commence on Thursday 17 Jan 1856, in the prize branch of the department of the Accountant General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset House, Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest collector of customs or of inland revenue from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of the prize money.

Notice is given to the officers, seamen, and marines, and to all persons interest therein, that the distribution of proceeds arising from the Russian barque Fenix, or Phoenix, captured on the 12th April 1854, by her Majesty's ship Tribune, will commence on Thursday the 17 Jan 1856, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the "Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset House." Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest collector of customs or of inland revenue from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of the prize money.