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Sealark, 1843
Type: Brig - sloop ; Armament 10
Launched : 27 Jul 1843 ; Disposal date or year : 1898
BM: 319 tons
Complement: 27
Notes:

18 Sep 1841, Portsmouth, Orders received to expedite the building of this vessel.

1846 East Coast of Africa

21 Oct. 46 Captured a slave vessel Bonito Porto.. Proceeds of Tonnage Bounty due to be paid 24 Jan. 1849

22 Oct. 46 Captured a slave vessel Aguia. Proceeds of Hull, &c., and Tonnage Bounty due to be paid 24 Jan. 1849

14 April 47 Captured a slave vessel Gustavo Primeiro.. Proceeds of Tonnage Bounty due to be paid 24 Jan. 1849

7 Aug. 47 Captured a slave vessel Lebro. Proceeds of Slave and Tonnage Bounty due to be paid 18 April 1849

Jun-Jul 1848 Off the Slave Coast (Sierra Leone). See the vessel Amphitrite for article from the Morning Chronicle, for 11 Sep 1848.

20 Dec 1848 Coast of Africa.

14 Nov 1849 Captured a slave vessel, name unknown - .

Feb 1851 Sighted of Ambriz - anti-slaving patrol

30 Aug 1851 Coast of Africa

23 Dec 1851 at Lagos, operations recommenced against the usurping King Coçioco with a view to reinstating King Akitoye - see p. 368-> at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow

1860 Tender to Britannia at Portsmouth

1864 Training Brig on the Home Station. Number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

1870 Tender to Implacable, Devonport

1875 Converted for use as a training brig and her tonnage reduced from 319 tons bm to 311 bm

Apr 1886 Devonport

1890 Devonport. Tender to "Lion". Officer borne in "Lion".

26 Jun 1897 Used for sail training

26 Jun 1897 Present at the Naval Review at Spithead in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee.


Daily News of 1 May 1851
Naval Prize Money (from Tuesday's Gazette)

The Sealark.- Notice is given that an account will be exhibited in the Registry of the High Court of Admiralty on the 15th of May next, showing the amount of tonnage bounties received for a vessel, name unknown, captured by her Majesty's sloop Sealark, on 14th of November, 1849.- Hallett, Robinson and Co., Agents