HMS Cadmus (1856) - Misplaced Pages

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History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cadmus
Launched	20 May 1856
Out of service	1874
Fate	Broken up 1879
General characteristics
Class and type	Pearl-class corvette
Length	200 feet
Propulsion	Screw
Armament	21

HMS Cadmus was a wooden screw corvette launched on 20 May 1856 at Chatham Dockyard. On 4 January 1865, she ran aground at Chatham, Kent. She was refloated. Cadmus struck rocks at Salcombe on 5 June 1869 and was severely damaged. She was consequently beached. She was taken in to Plymouth the next day. She was broken up in 1879 at Devonport.

Citations

^ Davis, Peter. "Cadmus". William Loney RN - Victorian naval surgeon. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
"Naval and Military Intelligence". Morning Post. No. 28412. London. 6 January 1865. p. 5.
"HMS Cadmus : Figureheads". figureheads.ukmcs.org.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
"Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6666. Liverpool. 7 June 1869.

References

Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.

v t e Pearl-class corvettes
Pearl Satellite Cadmus Scout Scylla Pelorus Racoon Challenger Clio Charybdis
Preceded by: Cossack class Followed by: Jason class
List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1865
Shipwrecks	1 Jan: San Jacinto 12 Jan: CSS Columbia 15 Jan: Patapsco 24 Jan: CSS Drewry 24 Jan: CSS Scorpion 26 Jan: Dai Ching c. Jan: Lelia 6 Feb: Favorita 15 Feb: Merrimac 18 Feb: CSS Charleston 18 Feb: CSS Chicora 18 Feb: CSS Indian Chief 18 Feb: CSS Palmetto State 18 Feb: CSS Peedee 18 Feb: Daring 25 Feb: CSS Chickamauga 27 Feb: Arizona 1 Mar: Harvest Moon 2 Mar: CSS Rob Roy 12 Mar: Althea 14 Mar: CSS Neuse 28 Mar: Milwaukee 29 Mar: Osage Mar: CSS Spray 1 Apr: Bertrand 1 Apr: Rodolph 3 Apr: CSS Beaufort 3 Apr: CSS Fredericksburg 3 Apr: CSS Hampton 3 Apr: CSS Patrick Henry 3 Apr: CSS Richmond 3 Apr: CSS Roanoke 3 Apr: CSS Virginia II 12 Apr: CSS Huntsville 12 Apr: CSS Tuscaloosa 13 Apr: USS Ida 14 Apr: Sciota 17 Apr: CSS Chattahoochee 17 Apr: CSS Jackson 22 Apr: Black Hawk 24 Apr: O. M. Pettit 24 Apr: CSS Webb 27 Apr: Sultana c. Apr: Rose 8 May: Glasgow 12 May: Fiery Star 20 May: City of Dunedin c. May: Race Horse 8 Jun: Admiral Du Pont 8 Jun: Jequitinhonha 28 Jun: Brunswick Jun: USS Bloomer 4 Jul: Agnes 30 Jul: Brother Jonathan 4 Aug: Smerch 9 Aug: Pewabic 18 Aug: Hugh Lindsay 23 Aug: Commodore McDonough 16 Sep: Lone Star 22 Sep: Pink 7 Oct: Duncan Dunbar 25 Oct: Republic 6 Nov: Jacob Bell 10 Nov: Patroon 13 Nov: Aenid 19 Nov: City of Launceston 27 Nov: Fairlie 3 Dec: Indian River 5 Dec: Neptune 16 Dec: USS New Ironsides 30 Dec: Huntress 31 Dec: Goldena
Other incidents	4 Jan: HMS Cadmus 14 Jan: HMS Geyser 14 Jan: HMS Terrible 3 Mar: HMS Niger 13 Jul: HMS Eclipse 9 Aug: Ipswich 10 Oct: HMS Sepoy 10 Nov: HMS Bristol 1 Dec: HMS Research 20 Dec: Tararua Unknown: Ironsides
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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1869
Shipwrecks	19 Jan: Unio c. Jan: Glide 13 Feb: Providence 4 Mar: Alliance 6 Mar: Josiah Johnson 9 Mar: Blue Jacket 26 Mar: Mystery 11 May: Chōyō Maru 15 May: Cheduba c. May: Banryū c. May: Matoaka c. Jul: Chameleon 11 Aug: Hamilla Mitchell 12 Sep: Carnatic 23 Sep: Ocean Wave 20 Oct: Diana 30 Oct: Lightning 30 Nov: A. T. Stewart c. Dec: Atlanta
Other incidents	Jan: USS Kansas 2 Feb: General McPherson 30 Mar: HMS Charybdis 5 Apr: HMS Rapid 12 May: Mississippi 20 May: Alexandre Pétion 5 Jun: HMS Cadmus Sep: SMS Vulcano 11 Oct: HMS Rapid 18 Oct: HMS Tamar 15 Nov: HMS Royal Oak 11 Dec: HMS Bristol Unknown: Ironsides
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