HMS Hyacinth (1829)
Hyacinth and Volage engage Chinese war junks, 3 November 1839 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Hyacinth |
| Ordered | 10 June 1823 |
| Builder | Plymouth Dockyard |
| Cost | £17,361 including fitting |
| Laid down | March 1826 |
| Launched | 6 May 1829 |
| Commissioned | 12 January 1830 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Favorite-class ship sloop |
| Tons burthen | 429 40/94 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 30 ft 9 in (9.4 m) oa |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 125 |
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| External image | |
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| A contemporary 1:60 full hull model of Hyacinth at the National Maritime Museum |
HMS Hyacinth was an 18-gun Royal Navy ship sloop. She was launched in 1829 and surveyed the north-eastern coast of Australia under Francis Price Blackwood during the mid-1830s. She took part in the First Opium War, destroying, with HMS Volage, 29 Chinese junks. She became a coal hulk at Portland in 1860 and was broken up in 1871.