Ship Details

Cormorant (H.M.S.) (I)

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Registry #1 (RN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1842 Cormorant (H.M.S.) (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1842 Place Chatham Area Country UK
 
Designer Symonds, Sir William Measurement (imp) 180' x 35' x 20'
Builder H.M. Dockyard (Chatham) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement 1057
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Sloop, naval
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine direct-acting 300nhp steam engine Engine Manufacture Fairbairn
Repower Propulsion Sidewheeler
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Commander George T. GodonRN; Commander F.B.P. Seymour RN; Commander William C. Chamberlain RN.
 
Owner(s)
She was a warship of the Royal Navy.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features Cormorant Island (BC), Cormorant Rock (BC)
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was the first steam naval vessel in British Columbia waters. Officers Borne During Pacific Commission 1843-1847 Navy List of July 1843: Commander George T. Gordon 11/4/1843: Lieutenant Hay E.S. Winthrop 25/4/1843, R. Hill Wharton 12/4/1843, Thomas Anson 13.4/1843: Master Robert Salmond 12/4/1843: Surgeon Richard G. Nutt 18/4/1843: Purser Chris. N. Frampton 12/4/1843: Assistant Surgeon David Thomson 18.4/1843) (Navy List of Oct/1847: F.B.P. Seymour 3/2/1847; W.St.L. Quintin 19/12/1844; John P.P. Warren 29/6/1843; Paymaster and Purser William C.P. Grant (acting) 5/2/1847, Fysher Negus 5/2/1847)
 
References
Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
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