HMS Wye

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Wye, 1855
Type: Storeship ;
Transferred : May 1855 ; Disposal date or year : 1866
BM: 700 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 100
Notes:

May 1855 Acquired as Hecla.

Jun 1855 Hecla renamed Wye.

24 Feb 1856 arrived in the Mersey last Saturday to tow away the new gun boats recently launched at Laird's shipyard.

1860 Store ship, Woolwich

6 April 1861 Woolwich. Commissioned.

25 Jun 1862 detained in lat. 6� 20' S., long. 12� 15' E., the slave schooner Concepcio, which was sent for adjudication to the Vice-Admiralty Court at St. Helena and sentenced to be condemned. 1864 Storeship at Ascension, West Coast of Africa station. Overview and medical report of fever onboard : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.