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Harlequin, 1836
Type: Brig-sloop ; Armament 16
Launched : 18 Mar 1836 ;
Disposal date or year : 1889
BM: 433 tons
Notes:
27 Aug 1836 is reported to have been commissioned at Sheerness, for foreign service.
Portsmouth 5 Nov 1836 is expected shortly from Sheerness, en route for the Mediterranean.
16 Mar 1839 at Malta.
20 May 1839 captured slaver La Bella Fiorentina.
26 Jun 1839 captured slaver Victoria da Libertade.
27 Jun 1839 captured slaver Christiano.
28 Jun 1839 captured slaver Emprendedor.
28 Jun 1839 captured slaver Sin Y Gual.
26 Oct 1839 Ass. Surgeon George Deak, of the Melville, appointed to the Harlequin
21 Nov 1839 Captured slaver Sociedade Feliz. Moiety of Hull, and Tonnage Bounty. Prize money due for payment 8 Feb 1844.
4 Jan 1840 reported to be on the coast of Africa.
28 Jan 1840 at Sierra Leone.
17 Jul 1840 arrived at Spithead from the coast of Africa, having departed Sierra Leone on the 6 Jun. She has been nearly four years in commission, of which about 18 months was spent on the coast, during which time she captured nine slavers. She sails towmorrow for Chatham to be paid off.
16 Dec 1840, is being brought forward for commission in the river.
20 Aug 1841, Portsmouth, to be commissioned.
21 Aug 1841, Purser Hobbs (additional Clerk of the Queen), appointed to be Purser of the Harlequin ;
28 Aug 1841, Commander Hon. G. F. Hastings, from the Coastguard (Waterford district) ; Assistant-Surgeon J. W. Fletcher, appointed to the Harlequin ;
3 Sep 1841, Lieutenant Thomas Sibbald has been appointed to the Syren, vice Morris, to the Harlequin at Chatham.
25 Sep 1841, Volunteer 1st Class R. Dawkins, appointed to the Harlequin.
2 Oct 1841, Lieutenants Henry G. Morris and Edward R. Power ; Master Francis Edington ; Purser Kenneth L. Sutherland ; Surgeon Charles K. Nutt, appointed to the Harlequin.
22 Oct 1841, dropped down to Gillingham, and proceeds to the Nore.
4 Nov 1841, arrived at Spithead from the eastward, and sailed Saturday for Plymouth.
15 Nov 1841, Plymouth, arrived from Portsmouth.
20 Nov 1841, Mate H. G. Simpson, appointed to the Harlequin.
At some time during the period 1839-42 engaged in the Operations in China. Officers and Men serving on this ship during this period may be eligible for a Medal. See p. 288 at at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow
16 Dec 1841, Plymouth, sailed on Thursday for China, but put back due to the bad weather, and sailed again on Saturday.
Circa Feb 1844 boats of the Wanderer and Harlequin attacked piratical settlements on the coast of Sumatra, and inflicted considerable damage, though they suffered some loss - see p. 326 at at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow
Summer, 1848, Trieste.
20 Dec 1848 Particular Service.
30 Aug 1851 Coast of Africa.
25 Nov 1851 at Lagos, ineffective operations against the usurping King Coçioco - see p. 367-> at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow
1860 Coal (hulk) Depot, Devonport.
1870 Coal Depot, Devonport.
1879 Coal Depot, Devonport.