North America and West Indies Station - Health of the Navy - 1864

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Health of the Navy 1864

North America and West Indies Station

Table, No. 5

C. Commissioned.       D. Returns defective.       P. O. Paid off.       C. S. Station changed.

Rate Name of Ship Where Commissioned When Commissioned Number of Guns Tonnage Horse Power Period Average Complement Average complement Corrected for Time Number of Cases of Disease and Injury Number of Days' Sickness on Board Average Number of Men Sick Daily Ratio per 1,000 of Average Force of each Ship Number Discharged to Hospital
Second Rates Nile P. Devonport 3 Jan 1860 78 2822 S. 500 1 Jan to 23 Apr 815 270 276 3240 88 32.5 16
Second Rates Duncan Portsmouth 7 Jan 1864 81 3727 S. 800 1 Apr to 31 Dec 915 685 814 7986 21.8 31.8 52
Fourth Rates Immortalite P. Portsmouth 17 Nov 1860 35 3059 S. 600 1 Jan to 15 July 495 245 476 4696 12.8 52.2 11
Fourth Rates Liverpool Devonport 30 Apr 1863 39 2656 S. 600 Year 500 500 712 5783 15.8 31.6 27
Fourth Rates Phaeton Sheerness 1 Nov 1861 39 2396 S. 400 Year 470 470 721 5533 15.1 32.1 41
Fourth Rates Shannon Portsmouth 17 Jan 1862 35 2667 S. 600 Year 460 460 650 7014 19.2 41.7 64
Sixth Rates Challenger Sheerness 6 May 1861 22 1462 S. 400 Year 290 290 300 3503 9.5 32.7 7
Sixth Rates Jason P. Devonport 20 Nov 1860 21 1711 S. 400 1 Jan to 3 Dec 250 230 319 3652 10 43.4 18
Sixth Rates Pylades Chatham 4 Dec 1862 21 1278 S. 350 Year 265 265 456 5284 14.4 54.3 17
Sloops Barracouta P. Sheerness 1 June 1860 6 1053 P. 300 1 Jan to 23 Nov 180 165 271 2834 7.7 46.6 23
Sloops Bulldog C. Portsmouth 14 Mar 1864 6 1124 P. 500 1 Oct to 31 Dec 170 40 99 980 2.6 65 2
Sloops Buzzard Devonport 27 Jan 1863 6 980 P. 300 Year 175 175 181 2494 6.8 38.8 22
Sloops Cordelia C. Devonport 23 June 1864 11 579 S. 150 1 Oct to 31 Dec 115 30 49 318 0.8 26.6 2
Sloops Greyhound P. Devonport 9 Oct 1861 17 880 S. 200 1 Jan to 23 Nov 170 155 305 2838 7.7 49.6 19
Sloops Medea Portsmouth 17 Sept 1861 6 835 P. 350 Year 195 145 332 2443 6.6 45.5 37
Sloops Peterel Devonport 23 Feb 1862 11 669 S. 150 Year 120 120 231 1913 5.2 43.3 19
Sloops Rinaldo Portsmouth 3 May 1861 17 951 S. 200 Year 170 170 330 3770 10.3 60.5 16
Sloops Rosario Sheerness 23 June 1862 11 673 S. 150 Year 120 120 286 1996 5.4 45 24
Sloops Royalist Devonport 5 Nov 1863 11 669 S. 150 Year 125 125 230 2208 6 48 10
Sloops Styx Devonport 3 Mar 1862 6 1057 P. 2800 Year 155 155 287 2316 6.3 40.6 21
Sloops Vesuvius    P.   Woolwich 14 May 1862 6 970 P. 280   1 Jan to 8 Nov    160 130 79 1719 4.6 35.3 9
Sloops Virago Sheerness 29 July 1861 6 1059 P. 300 Year 150 150 434 5195 14.2 94.6 15
Gun Vessels Cygnet Portsmouth 23 May 1861 5 428 S. 80 Year 70 70 132 1019 2.7 38.7 7
Gun Vessels Landrail P. Woolwich 5 Sept 1860 5 425 S. 80 1 Jan to 15 Mar 70 10 10 119 0.3 30 -
Gun Vessels Lily Sheerness 11 Nov 1862 4 702 S. 200 Year 90 90 242 2659 7.2 80 15
Gun Vessels Nimble D. Devonport 18 Feb 1861 5 428 S. 80 Four months 65 20 23 120 0.3 15 2
Gun Vessels Plover Chatham 14 Aug 1861 5 423 S. 80 Year 65 65 151 1729 4.7 72.3 16
Gun Vessels Steady D. Devonport 21 May 1861 5 431 S. 80 Year 75 75 54 682 1.8 24 6
Receiving Ship Aboukir Jamaica 26 Aug 1862    86 3091 S. 400 Year 315 315 2-0 1708 4.6 14.6 37
Floating Battery Terror Sheerness 13 May 1857 16 1971 S. 400 Year 300 300 412 2257 6.1 20.3 106

See below for original data.


Last Updated on 25/07/2007

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