HMS Volage (1825)

HMS Volage depicted on a stamp commemorating the Aden Expedition
History
United Kingdom
NameVolage
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Launched19 February 1825
In service1825-1864
Refit1847
Stricken1864
Honours &
awards		Aden 1839, Baltic 1855
FateBroken up 12 December 1864
General characteristics
Tons burthen516 (bm)
Length111ft
DecksTwo
Crew178
Armament28 guns

HMS Volage was a sixth-rate sailing frigate launched in 1825 for the Royal Navy. At one point geologist Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt served aboard her.

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