HMS Iris (1840)
HMS Iris was a 26-gun sixth-rate frigate launched on 14 July 1840 from Devonport Dockyard. She spent some time with the West Africa Squadron suppressing the slave trade and later with the East Indies Station was involved in operations in Borneo. Iris was the first flagship of the Australia Station between 1859 and 1861 during which time she participated in the First Taranaki War. In 1864 she was extensively modified to allow her to ferry transatlantic telegraph cable to the cable-laying ship Great Eastern. She was decommissioned and sold off in 1869.
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
commands
primaryTopic
HMS Iris (1840)
HMS Iris was a 26-gun sixth-rate frigate launched on 14 July 1840 from Devonport Dockyard. She spent some time with the West Africa Squadron suppressing the slave trade and later with the East Indies Station was involved in operations in Borneo. Iris was the first flagship of the Australia Station between 1859 and 1861 during which time she participated in the First Taranaki War. In 1864 she was extensively modified to allow her to ferry transatlantic telegraph cable to the cable-laying ship Great Eastern. She was decommissioned and sold off in 1869.
length (mm)
has abstract
HMS Iris was a 26-gun sixth-ra ...... issioned and sold off in 1869.
@en
builder
cost ($)
decommissioning date
1869-10-16
length (μ)
3.99288e+1
order date
1837-02-20
ship beam (μ)
ship launched
1840-07-14
status
Sold as acable vessel
Wikipage page ID
26,573,990
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
1,019,049,442
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
Ship armament
*Upperdeck: 18 × 24-pounder guns
* QD: 6 × 32-pounder guns
* Fc: 2 × 32-pounder gunnades
@en
Ship builder
Ship class
Spartan-class sixth-rate frigate
@en
Ship complement
Ship decommissioned
1869-10-16
Ship displacement
Ship fate
Sold as a cable vessel
@en
Ship laid down
September 1838
@en
Ship launched
1840-07-14
Ship length
*
*
@en
Ship name
HMS Iris
@en
Ship ordered
1837-02-20
Ship original cost
Ship sail plan
wikiPageUsesTemplate
subject
comment
HMS Iris was a 26-gun sixth-ra ...... issioned and sold off in 1869.
@en
label
HMS Iris (1840)
@en
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
HMS Iris
@en