HMS Orestes (1860)

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Launch of the Corvette 'Orestes,' at Sheerness (from a sketch by W. Darley) - Illustrated Times 1860.jpg
Launch of the Orestes, at Sheerness (from a sketch by W. Darley), Illustrated Times 1860
History
Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Orestes
Launched18 August 1860
Out of service1865
FateBroken up
General characteristics
Class & type Jason-class corvette
Displacement2431 tons
PropulsionScrew
Armament21

HMS Orestes was a wooden screw corvette launched from Sheerness dockyard [1] in 1860 for the Royal Navy. [2] She was commissioned in 1861 and served on the Cape of Good Hope station until 1865. She was broken up in Portsmouth in November 1866. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". No. 1046, 1047. The Illustrated London News. 25 August 1860. p. 177. Retrieved 29 September 2021. The launch of the Orestes from Sheerness Dockyard took place last Saturday. The Orestes will carry twenty 8-in. guns, 9 ft. long, each weighing 60 cwt., besides one 68-plounder 10-ft. pivot-gun, weighing 95 cwt., which can be removed at pleasure to either the forecastle or quarter-deck.
  2. ↑ Rif Winfield (30 April 2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   9781473849624 . Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Peter Davis. "William Loney RN - Background" . Retrieved 24 November 2019.


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