Vanguard, 1835
Type: 3rd rate ; Armament 78
Launched : 25 Aug 1835 ; Disposal date or year : 1875
BM: 2609 tons
Notes:

Designed by Sir W. Symonds.

Portsmouth 19 Sep 1835 having been recently launched at Milford (Pembroke), she arrived here today, and has been brought into the harbour.

Portsmouth 16 Feb 1836 is reported to be in the basin.

Portsmouth 19 Mar 1836 was commissioned yesterday.

Portsmouth 30 Apr 1836 is expected to be taken out of the basin on Tuesday.

Portsmouth 21 May 1836 the Hermes towed the Vanguard out of harbour to Spithead on Wednesday.

Portsmouth 18 Jun 1836 last Friday 17 year old Charles Rushton, of the Bellerophon, is reported to have jumped over board to save the life of a man who had fallen from the Vanguard, half a mile away.

Portsmouth 9 Jul 1836 is reported to be going down to St Helen's Road tomorrow.

Portsmouth 23 Jul 1836 the Hercules, Bellerophon, Vanguard, Pembroke, and Cornwallis have departed on a cruise, during which they are expected to touch at Plymouth Sound.

8 Oct 1836 arrived Plymouth from Cork (27 Sep) : due to sail again on trials on Friday.

Plymouth 20 Oct 1836 departed for Lisbon, and thence to Cadiz.

Cadiz 2 Nov 1836 Inconstant arrived with the Vanguard, Pique and Pantaloon.

Cadiz 4 Nov 1836 departed for Malta.

Portsmouth 13 May 1837 Captain Sir T Fellowes, recently appointed to the Vanguard, is ordered home for court martial on charges relative to the Pembroke going ashore in Gibraltar Bay.

Malta 26 May 1837 in Valetta harbour.

Malta 6 Aug 1837 the Rapid, from Port Mahon, reports that the Vanguard was there when she departed.

Malta 23 Aug 1837 reported to be at Villa Nova, where 300 of her men were being employed ashore.

9 Jan 1839 at Malta.

23 Jan 1839 returned to Malta with the Bellerophon from the Archipelago.

16 Mar 1839 at Malta.

15 May 1839 at Malta.

21 Jun 1839 Weazle arrived Valetta and departed with despatches for Sir Thomas Fellowes, of the Vanguard

Sep 1939 at Besika Bay.

13 Oct 1839 it is reported that a malignant fever had appeared among the crews of both fleets at Besika Bay, but with most intensity on board the French vessels."

18 Oct 1839 has returned to Beshika Bay having been cruising off Smyrna.

4 Nov 1839 is reported to have departed Besika Bay 23 Oct for a winter anchorage at Vourla."

14 Dec 1839 Malta Mr. W. Miller, master of the Vanguard, who was appointed to the command of the Sapphire troop-ship in England, has declined the same.

14 Dec 1839 Malta Mr. H. K. Bamber, purser of the Carysfort, having declined the appointment to the Vanguard, vice Hutten, invalided in England, Mr. Thomas M'Knight, purser of Her Majesty's ship Dido, has been appointed to that ship, and Mr. George P. Rickcord, additional clerk of the Vanguard, is appointed acting purser of the Dido, vice M'Knight.

25 Jan 1840 is ordered home.

22 Feb 1840 departed from Malta for England.

28 Feb 1840 off Gibraltar.

13 Mar 1840 arrived at Spithead.

14 Mar 1840 Mate W.E. Fisher, appointed from the Vanguard to the Ganges ; Mate ---Clarke, appointed from the Vanguard to the Bellerophon ; Midshipmen Mr. Wilbraham, appointed from Vanguard to Confiance.

17 Mar 1840 Portsmouth came into harbour and is expected to be docked shortly.

18 Apr 1840 Clerk W. H. Granville ; Mate Arthur Gladstone ; Volunteers First Class Francis Samuel Marryatt and Parkhurst Chase, appointed to the Vanguard ; Boatswain Joseph Flynn, appointed to the Vanguard, vice John White, to the Hospital.

25 Apr 1840 Lieutenant Charles Pestle ; Master Richard Thompson, acting l Mate Henry Ley ; Midshipman Thomas Fortescue ; Volunteer 1st Class. Algernon De Hersey, appointed to the Vanguard.

16 May 1840 Mates W. B. Beresford and W. G. Mansfield ; Midshipman. H. J. Grant, appointed to the Vanguard.

29 May 1840 Midshipmen Charles T. Compton, Hyde Parker, and W. T. A. Hood, appointed to the Vanguard.

29 May 1840 Portsmouth, will be taken out of dock on Monday.

13 Jun 1840 Mates H. B. Everest, and A. F. Kynaston, appointed to the Vanguard.

27 June 1840 Mates Mr. J. Bull, and L. Mackinnon, appointed to the Vanguard.

11 Jul 1840 Mate George Campbell Briggs ; Volunteer 1st class W. H. Dawson, appointed to the Vanguard.

18 Jul 1840 Mate Harry Smith, appointed to the Vanguard ;

25 Jul 1840 Mate G. C. Briggs, appointed to the Vanguard

8 Aug 1840 Mate G. J. Napier, appointed to the Vanguard.

16 Aug 1840 Mate G. Napier appointed to Vanguard;

16 Aug 1840 Spithead, a detachment of Royal Artillery brought from Woolwich and embarked on board the Vanguard has been landed far want of proper accommodation.

15 Aug 1840 Difficulties being experienced recruiting seamen.

22 Aug 1840 Midshipman G. R. Compton, from the Vanguard appointed to the Britannia, vice J. M. Boyd, appointed to the Niger expedition.

22 Aug 1840 Naval Instructor J. L. Hodgson, appointed to the Vanguard.

22 Aug 1840 Spithead, is to proceed to the Mediterranean, as soon as she has completed her complement of men. She has this week entered 25 volunteers for the Victory, and is now 40 seamen short of her complement.

29 Aug 1840 She has completed her complement of men.

29 Aug 1840 Lieutenant Lord Henry Russell, appointed additional to the Princess Charlotte (to take passage in the Vanguard.)

29 Aug 1840 Mate E. M. Leycester appointed to the Vanguard.

5 Sep 1840 Spithead, was visited on Sunday by the Lords of the Admiralty ; was paid wages on Monday, and departed Tuesday, for Malta, calling at Plymouth to transfer stores to the Rodney, and at Cork to embark a company of the 19th Regiment.

13 Oct 1840 departed from Malta with ordnance for the squadron in the Levant.

21 Oct 1840 arrived at Beyrout. See www.gazettes-online.co.uk of 17 Nov 1840.

2 Nov, 1840 arrived off St. Jean d�Acre.

3 Nov, 1840 bombardment of St. Jean d�Acre. Egyptian forces evacuate St. Jean d�Acre overnight and the town was occupied on the 4th by the Turks. See www.gazettes-online.co.uk of 1 Dec 1840.

Aug - Nov 1840 Capture of Acre and operations on the coast of Syria. Turkish Medals awarded to the Officers and Men employed during the Campaign.

21 Nov 1840 a part of the squadron off Alexandria - see p. 322-> at at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow

Early Dec 1840, stood off the coast following receipt of a signal reporting Peace with Egypt : on the 2 Dec it came on to blow and the squadron experienced a heavy gale in which some vessels off the Syrian coast went ashore, the Zebra being lost in the bay of Khaifa and the Pique and Bellerophon being nearly lost.

8 Dec 1840 the squadron arrived in Marmorice Bay.

6 Mar 1841 Mate John F. Warre, in the vacancy of Lieutenant Wemyss, of the Vanguard, promoted to Lieutenant.

26 May 1841 is watering at Malta, but, as a result of works being made to the aqueduct the water is dirty, and thought to be the cause of many cases of ill health.

25 Jun 1841 at Malta.

4 Jul 1841 departed Valetta for Gozo, for water, and from thence to the coast of Syria with the Rodney, Calcutta and Cambridge.

17 Jul 1841 Britannia departed Malta, with the Howe, Vanguard, Hazard, and Cyclops, for Corfu and Athens (Piraeus), Candia, and the Levant.

24 Jul 1841 arrived off Corfu and anchored.

31 Jul 1841 Clerk Thomas Hockings, appointed to the Vanguard.

17 Aug 1841 departed from Corfu for Candia.

7 Sep 1841 arrived Malta from Suda.

24 Sep 1841 Court Martial held on board the Howe at Malta for Mr. Henry Barry Beresford, Mate, of the Vanguard, for failing to obey the Captain's order : acquitted.

25 Sep 1841 Malta, put to sea under sealed orders ?

11 Oct 1841 arrived Malta, from Syracuse.

24 Oct 1841 Malta, arrived from Tunis.

15 Nov 1841 due to depart Malta tomorrow with sealed orders.

4 Dec 1841 Lieutenant W. Howat, appointed to the Vanguard.

5 Dec 1841 at Malta.

17 Dec 1841 Mate ----- Howitt, has been promoted to Lieutenant and is appointed to the Vanguard.

29 Dec 1841 in port at Malta.

1 Mar 1842 in harbour at Valetta.

31 Mar 1842 the Rodney, Vanguard and Thunderer were reported to have been put on alert following the report of 3 French ships of the line being at sea, but were stood down when it was understood they were returning to Toulon from Smyrna.

19 May 1842 it is reported that the Queen, Impregnable, Calcutta, Vanguard, Cambridge, Devastation had been provisioned and were ready for sea, but that the destination remained a secret.

20 May 1842 departed Valetta with the squadron, including the Queen (flag V.-Adm. Owen) Howe (flag R.-Adm Mason), Vanguard, Calcutta, Thunderer, Cambridge, Impregnable, Devastation and Vesuvius, on a cruize.

4 Jun 1842 returned to Malta from cruise.

28 Jun 1842 departed Malta, possibly to Piraeus where she was expected to relieve the Monarch whose crew is very sickly with malaria following their recent service in the River Xanthus, Major Meech and Lt Burton of the Royal Marines and some of their men having died.

6 Jul 1842 off Athens.

8 Jul 1842 departed Athens for the Dardanelles.

5 Aug 1842 with the Cambridge is understood to have been recalled to Malta from the Dardanelles.

15 Sep 1842 on the coast of Syria, and were reported to have departed Beyrout on 3rd.

9 Oct 1842 arrived Malta from Corfu.

2 Nov 1842 ship's boats exercised outside the harbour of Valetta.

2 Dec 1842 at Malta.

July 1846 The Squadron of Evolution at Cove. Summer Cruise. With respect to the movements of the squadron we are informed, that they are under orders to proceed again to sea after a delay of three days to water - that they will cruise towards Bantry, and anchor for some time in that splendid bay, where, as we are informed, it is intended that the crews and marines shall be landed and exercised in warlike tactics, landing at night, and such like evolutions, the object of the present trials being to exercise the crews and manoeuvre them in naval operations. See St. Vincent for the full extract from the Cork Southern Reporter.

14 July, 1846 Evolutions for the Squadron of Evolutions See St. Vincent for the full extract from the Cork Cork Examiner

20 Aug 1846, off the Tagus.

22 Aug 1846, carried out sailing exercises off Lisbon with squadron, including the Hibernia (flag), St Vincent, Queen, Vanguard, Canopus, Rodney, Albion, Rattler, Polyphemus, Raleigh, Constance, Eurydice, and Spartan.

9 Sep 1846, reported to the Admiralty that further sailing trials were carried out by the squadron between Lisbon and Cape St. Vincent.

17 Sep 1846, departed Cadiz with Squadron, the St. Vincent and Queen, being detached to England that evening.

18-19 Sep 1846, further trials carried out by the squadron, including by the steamers, with their floats unshipped.

20 Sep 1846, off Cape Spartel.

4 Jan 1848 in harbour at Malta.

15 Jan 1848 ditto.

Summer, 1848, Malta Harbour

20 Dec 1848 Particular Service.

1860 Sheerness, 80 guns

1867 Renamed Ajax

1870 Sheerness, In Ordinary