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Immortalite, 1859
Type: Frigate ; Armament 51
Launched : 25 Oct 1859 ;
Disposal date or year : 1883
BM: 3059 tons ; Displacement: 3984 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 2391 hpi 600 hp
Notes:
1848 designed to be armed as follows: 50 guns, namely: main-deck, 30 x 8-inch,; 65 cwt., 9 feet long; quarter-deck and forecastle, 22 x 32-pounders, 45 cwt., 8 feet 6 inches long ; waist, 8 32-pounders, 40 cwt., 8 feet long, on Hardy's compression carriages.
20 Dec 1848 Pembroke building
1860 Portsmouth
17 Nov 1860 Portsmouth. Commissioned for Service on the North America and West Indies Station.
1 Jan to 15 July 1864 North America and West Indies Station. Reports of fevers onboard. Number of Cases of Disease and Injury.
15 July 1864 Paid off.
1870 Portsmouth
4 Jan 1871 the flying squadron, Narcissus, Immortalité, Cadmus, and Volage sailed from Plymouth Sound for Lisbon, Madeira, Barbadoes, and Jamaica, however they experienced very bad weather on sailing down the English Channel on Thursday and had to return to anchor in Torbay on the Saturday, sailing on the Sunday.
8 Apr 1871 the flying squadron arrived at Jamaica and was joined by the Pylades.
22 Apr 1871 the squadron sailed for Havannah.
20 Jun 1871 sailed from Halifax, for Gibraltar.
20 Jul 1871 arrived at Gibraltar.
2 Aug 1871 The squadron joined by the Topaze and Inconstant : sailed for off Ushant with the Mediterranean Squadron : Pylades and Inconstant to remain at Gibraltar.
11 Aug 1871 arrived off Ushant and involved in exercises with the Reserve, Mediterranean and Channel Squadrons, and was subsequently joined by the Inconstant, with despatches.
11 Sep 1871 Portsmouth the squadron arrived from Queensferry, from which they sailed last Saturday, and anchored at Spithead, having been cruising in the North Sea following the earlier exercises.
21 Oct 1871 The Immortalite, Inconstant and Volage have given leave to their crews at Portsmouth, in alternate watches, the latter two being calked and refitted in dock, whilst the former refits alongside, whilst the Narcissus and Cadmus have gone to Plymouth to give leave and be refitted at Devonport.
12 Nov 1871 Narcissus sailed from Plymouth Sound for Portland, arriving Sunday, where she was expected to be joined shortly by the Cadmus, from Plymouth, and the remainder of the squadron from Portsmouth.
19 Nov 1871 the Flying or detached squadron, consisting of the Narcissus, Topaze, Immortalité, Inconsistent, Cadmus and Volage sailed from Portland for Vigo.
24 Nov 1871 arrived Vigo and put into quarantine, there being 2 cases of smallpox on board the Narcissus.
29 Nov 1871 the squadron sailed for Lisbon, arriving on 3 Dec. Smallpox cases sent to hospital and squadron received pratique.
7 Dec 1871 the squadron sailed for Madeira, arriving on the 10th inst., sailing on the 11th for Rio de Janeiro.
Dec 30, 1871 A large number of midshipmen have been appointed to join the Flying (detached) Squadron.
18 Jan 1872 Rio Janeiro very hot and squadron sailed for Simon’s Town.
14 Feb 1872 Squadron arrived Cape of Good Hope. During the cruise out the ships and their crews had been involved in manoeuvres, gun exercises and other drills.
27 Feb 1872 Cape of Good Hope, sailed for Bombay.
22 Apr 1872 arrived Bombay,
6 May 1872 sailed for Mauritius
5 Jun 1872 arrived Mauritius, sailing for the Cape on the 20th inst.
27 Jul 1872 arrived Cape of Good Hope, sailing for the St. Helena on the 27th inst.
8 Aug 1872 arrived St. Helena, sailing for the Ascension on the 13th inst.
17 Aug 1872 arrived Ascension, sailing for the Azores on the 20th inst.
13 Sep 1872 arrived Azores, sailing for the Plymouth on the 16th inst.
27 Sep 1872 arrived Plymouth Sound and sailed for Portsmouth arriving Spithead on the 28th inst.
1879 Portsmouth, 28 guns