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Boscawen, 1844
Type: 3rd rate ; Armament 70
Launched : 3 Apr 1844 ;
Disposal date or year : Mar 1914
Disposal Details : Damaged by fire in Tyne and broken up
BM: 2212 tons
Notes:
1 Jan 1820 building or ordered to be built, with a circular stern.
1830 Woolwich building as an 80 gun ship
Jan 1848 Sheerness, in Ordinary (reserve)
20 Dec 1848 Sheerness
30 Aug 1851 Chatham
15 Apr 1854 captured Russian brig Patrioten [Prize Money per London Gazette of 21 Jul 1857].
16 Apr 1854 captured Russian merchant vessel Victor [Prize Money per London Gazette of 21 Jul 1857].
13 Jun 1854 the French fleet joined the British in the Baltic at Baro Sound - see p. 419-> at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow
May 1857-Sept 1860 flag ship on Africa Staton.
1860 Devonport
5 Mar 1862 Commissioned at Southampton.
1864 Training Ship, Home Station, Southampton. Report of scarlatina onboard. Number of Cases of Disease and Injury.
October 1866 Arrived Portland under tow to be the new Training Ship for Boys,
1870 Portland, Training Ship for Boys, 20 guns
23 Jan 1871 7 ship's stewards will appear at a Court Martial to be held on board the Duke of Wellington, at Portsmouth, tomorrow, which includes S. Vine of the Boscawen.
1873 Replaced By Trafalgar
1873 Trafalgar renamed Boscawen
1874 Original Boscawen renamed Wellesley, Training Ship
1 Jan 1877 Recommissioined Portsmouth
1879 Portland, Training Ship for Boys
1879 Tender "Seaflower"
1 Apr 1881 New books opened.
Apr 1886 Portland,
1890 Portland, Training Ship for Boys. Includes officers borne for Sick Quarters, Portland : Tender "Seaflower"
29 Dec 1892 Portsmouth, the Hannibal has been towed alongside the dockyard to be concerted into a living ship at Portland, to alleviate the over-crowded conditions onboard the training ship Boscawen.
1895 circa Agincourt arrives Portland - renamed Boscawen as additional training ship
1904 Minotaur (1863) arrives Portland
1904 Minotaur renamed Boscawen as additional training ship
1907 Sapphire arrives Portland to replace Boscawen ie late Trafalgar
From a Newspaper of date unknown
Boatswain Dismissed his Ship : At Portsmouth, on board the Victory, a Court Martial sentenced Mr Daniel Sullivan, boatswain of the Boscawen, to be deprived of all seniority in rank and to be reprimanded and dismissed his ship for drunkenness and improper absence from duty.