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Sans Pareil, 1851
Type: 2nd rate ; Armament 80
Launched : 18 Mar 1851 ;
Disposal date or year : 1867
BM: 2239 tons ; Displacement: 3800 tons
Propulsion: Screw Complement: 700
Machinery notes: 350 hp ; Speed ; 7.05 knots ;
Notes:
Converted for screw on stocks at Devonport.
Jan, 1846, Sans Pareil, 84, on the line of the old Sans Pareil, three-six-tenths built, at Plymouth.
Jan 1848 Devonport, Building
Converted to screw on stocks
20 Dec 1848 Devonport, building
18 May 1851 Devonport. The "new" screw steamer was taken into dock on Friday.
22 Apr 1854 Samson, Furious, Terrible, Tiger, Retribution, Arethusa, French vessels and rocket boats attack the military works at Odessa, with the Sans Pareil and Highflyer in reserve - see p. 400-> at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow
28 Apr 1854 allied squadrons reconnoitred Eupatoria - see p. 401 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow
29 Apr 1854 off Sebastopol - see p. 401 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow
7 Sep 1854 departed Baltchick Bay - see p. 410-411 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow
17 Oct 1854 1st Bombardment of Sebastopol - see p. 437 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow
17 Jan 1856 Paymaster Parminter apptd. Devonport.
4 Feb 1856 Devonport. In the Sound.
28 Mar 1856 The whole of the gunboat flotilla is expected at the Motherbank either to-night or to-morrow, with the divisional ships Colossus, 80, and Sanspareil, 72.
23 Apr 1856, Present at Fleet Review, Spithead ; Captain Cooper Key
10 Aug 1857 Canton River.
28 Dec 1857 Capture of Canton (see also report in London Gazette www.gazettes-online.co.uk of 16 and 26 Feb 1858).
27 Feb 1858 Hongkong.
30 Mar 1858 Canton River.
11 Sep 1858 Hongkong.
1 Oct 1856 - 26 Jun 1858 Parliamentary Grant of £33,000, for services (in lieu of Prize Money) on the China Station to be divided between 56 Vessels
1860 Flag Ship, Queenstown.
23 Nov 1862 arrived Hongkong from Plymouth.