HMS Peterel (1860)
.jpg) Rosario-class sloop Peterel
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Peterel |
| Ordered | 1 April 1857 |
| Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
| Laid down | 5 December 1859 |
| Launched | 10 November 1860 |
| Completed | March 1862 |
| Reclassified |
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| Fate | Sold in October 1901 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Rosario-class sloop |
| Displacement | 913 tons |
| Tons burthen | 668 76⁄94 bm |
| Length | |
| Beam | 30 ft 4 in (9.25 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft 10 in (4.83 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft 11 in (5.77 m) |
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| Speed | 8.982 knots (16.635 km/h; 10.336 mph) (under engines) |
| Complement | 130–150 |
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HMS Peterel was a Rosario-class sloop of the Royal Navy.
Peterel served three commissions as a warship, on the North America and West Indies Station, the Cape of Good Hope Station and the Pacific Station. In 1877 she became a lightship marking the wreck of HMS Vanguard, then in 1885 she was converted into a coal depot before finally being sold in 1901, the longest lived of her class.
Figurehead
[edit]The ships figurehead was a simple three-quarter-length female bust carved by the resident carver of Devonport Dockyard, Frederick Dickerson of the Dickerson family.[1]
When the ship was sold, the figurehead was preserved at Devonport Dockyard and subsequently moved to the training establishment of HMS Royal Arthur.[2]
The figurehead eventually transferred to the Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust who still own the artefact. It is currently at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth[3] as part of 'The Dockyard Apprentice' exhibition. [4]
Citations
[edit]- ^ Pulvertaft, David (2009). The Warship Figureheads of Portsmouth (1st Colour ed.). UK: The History Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0752450766.
- ^ Pulvertaft, David (2009). The Warship Figureheads of Portsmouth (1st Colour ed.). UK: The History Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0752450766.
- ^ "Discover the Royal Navy like never before | National Museum of the Royal Navy". www.nmrn.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ "Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust (Support Group) - Layout Guide to Apprentice Exhibition" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2015.
References
[edit]- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.