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Fire Queen, 1847
Type: Tender ;
Launched : Jul 1847 Acquired ;
Disposal date or year : 1883
BM: 313 tons ; Displacement: 466 tons
Propulsion: Paddle
Machinery notes: 390 hpi 120 hp
Notes:
1 Oct 1847 Visit of Egyptian Ship to Spithead. Passage of Fire Queen with Prince Albert onboard at Spithead.
20 Dec 1848 Portsmouth
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1860 Tender to Victory, Portsmouth
1870 Tender to Duke of Wellington, Portsmouth
1879 Tender to Duke of Wellington, Portsmouth
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Egyptian Frigate at Spithead.-This very foreign looking craft attracts great attention at Portsmouth. She carries 20 guns, and has a complement of 200 men. Some of the crew have a curious notion of English trading. The boatmen who go off to the ship with strangers are asked the price of not only their jackets, but their trousers, and they might dispose of all they stand in, and swim on shore for a new rig. This passion for old clothes is also strongly displayed when any of the crew land, which has introduced on board the Egyptian a great variety of costume, civil, military, and naval. The officers and men are very courteous to strangers, and the latter occasionally offer them a dip into their bowls of pillau. In the matter of the honour due to the flags of princes, the Egyptians have been lately remiss. When Prince Albert passed in the Fire Queen, on Monday, though his standard was flying, and they had an example set there by the English men-of-war, he was not saluted. Their interpreter was on shore at the time, which may probably account for this. The frigate has about 50 naval students on board, who land frequently at Portsmouth; most of them are fine looking young men. -Nautical Standard, October 2