List of ship commissionings in 1859

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The list of ship commissionings in 1859 is a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1859. In cases where no official commissioning ceremony was held, the date of service entry may be used instead.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
8 October	Spanish Navy	Virgen de Covadonga	Screw schooner	–	[1]
29 November	United States Navy	USS Mohican	Steam sloop-of-war	–	[2]
Unknown date	Spanish Navy	Princesa de Asturias	Screw frigate	–	Commissioned on either 1 November [3] or 14 December
Unknown date	Spanish Navy	Reina Blanca	Petronila-class screw frigate	–

Citations

1. "Covadonga, Virgen de". todoavante.es (in Spanish). 9 April 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
2. Silverstone, p. 22
3. "Princesa de Asturias (1859)". todoavante.es (in Spanish). 11 April 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2025.

Bibliography

• Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). Civil War Navies 1855–1883. The U.S. Navy Warship Series. New York: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-97870-5.