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Talavera, 1818
Type: 3rd rate ; Armament 72
Launched : 1818 ;
Disposal date or year : Oct 1840
Disposal Details : Accidentally burnt at Plymouth
Notes:
Portsmouth 19 Sep 1829 Is to be commissioned for the Coast Blockade in the Downs, in place of the Ramilies, which requires repairs.
Jul 1830 the Downs.
12 January 1831 near the Marine-parade, Dover, Lieutenant Thomas Ross and a Joseph Jacobs, both of HM ship Talavera, were assaulted by smugglers, and the Lieutenant was violently beaten and bruised. A reward of £50 has been offered, which will lead to the conviction of the offenders.
26 Jan 1831 The coast blockade is to be abolished and the ships manning the stations at the Downs and at Newhaven are to be paid off.
Deal 14 Jun 1831 Sailed for Portsmouth.
Portsmouth 15 Jun 1831 Arrived from the Downs.
Cork 24 Sep 1831 Arrived.
Deal 27 Oct 1831 Arrived from Portsmouth.
Downs 10 Nov 1831 Remains.
Deal 19 Mar 1832 Arrived from Sheerness.
Plymouth 16 Aug 1832 Arrived from St. Petersburgh.
Plymouth 23 Aug 1832 Sailed for Lisbon.
Portsmouth 29 Oct 1832 Arrived from Lisbon.
Deal 12 Nov 1832 In the Downs.
Deal 16 Nov 1832 Anchored, and then weighed and sailed to the eastward.
Deal 18 Nov 1832 In collision with French frigate Calypso in Queen's Channel.
Deal 19 Nov 1832 Has sailed to Sheerness to refit.
Sheerness 20 Nov 1832 Arrived to carry out repairs.
Downs 6 Mar 1833 Arrived from Sheerness.
Deal 13 Mar 1833 Sailed for the North Sea on a cruise.
Deal 29 Mar 1833 Remains.
Deal 26 Apr 1833 Is under orders to sail to Portsmouth.
Portsmouth 1 May 1833 Has arrived in the offing from the Downs.
Downs 2 May 1833 Has sailed to Plymouth.
Plymouth 26 May 1833 Sailed for the westward.
Deal 5 Jun 1833 Has passed through the Downs, in tow of a steamer, for Sheerness.
Deal 17 Jun 1833 Arrived from Sheerness.
Deal 18 Jun 1833 Sailed to the westward.
Portsmouth 20 Jul 1833 Is reported to be In the Tagus.
Malta 23 Nov 1833 Had sailed for Vourla Bay.
Vourla Bay 4 Dec 1833 Refitting.
Malta 18 Feb 1834 In harbour at Valletta.
Malta 5 Mar 1834 Sailed on a short cruise.
Malta 23 Mar 1834 In Valletta harbour.
Malta 29 Apr 1834 Remains.
Vourla 22 Jul 1834 Arrived from Mytelene, and have since sailed to Scalanova and Nauplia.
Off Vourla 21 Aug 1834 Arrived from a cruise off Mytelene.
VourIa 27 Sep 1834 With the squadron here.
26 Dec 1834 arrived Malta.
20 Jan 1835 arrived at Plymouth.
Portsmouth 17 Feb 1835 Salamander arrived from Plymouth with Royal Marines from the Talavera.
Plymouth 12 Feb 1835 paid off into ordinary.
Plymouth 2 Jan 1836 it is rumoured that she is to be prepared for sea service.
Portsmouth 19 Mar 1836 is understood to have been commissioned at Plymouth.
Plymouth 30 Apr 1836 was removed out to the Sound on Thursday.
Portsmouth 11 Jun 1836 the Talavera is in the Sound at Plymouth waiting for a suitable wind for Lisbon, where it is reported she will replace the Russell whose mainmast has been damaged by lightning.
Lisbon 29 Oct 1836 in the Tagus.
Lisbon 11 Mar 1837 arrived from Plymouth with arms, which have been transhipped to the Russell, which sailed this morning for Cadiz and the Mediterranean.
Lisbon 16 Apr 1837 reported to be in the Tagus.
Lisbon 8 May 1837 the Talavera, Pique and Inconstant have arrived from a cruise and sailing trials.
Lisbon 18 Jun 1837 sailed, possibly for Cadiz and Barcelona.
Malta 23 Aug 1837 reported to be in Barcelona Roads.
13 Feb 1839 Malta The Talavera is daily expected from Athens.
16 Mar 1839 at Malta.
Circa 26 Apr 1839 Malta sailed for Corfu with Rodney, Bellerophon, and Castor to exercise their crews, following which the Talavera is to cruise in the Archipelago.
8 May 1839 Jaseur sailed from Malta to Corfu with orders from Admiral Stopford for the Rodney, Talavera, Bellerophon, and Castor, not to return to Malta, but to proceed directly to the Levant where the Admiral expected to join them in due course with the remainder of the fleet.
19 May 1839 Malta the Rodney, Bellerophon and Talavera, sailed from Corfu prior to the arrival of the Jaseur, with her despatches, arriving here on 15th inst., and the Castor on the 16th. The projected cruise has now been cancelled.
21 Jun 1839 arrived Valetta.
1 Jul 1839 Malta the Minden, Talavera, Asia, Castor, and Zebra sailed and remained in the offing until the following day, when they were joined by Admiral Sir R Stopford, in the Princess Charlotte, the Rodney, Bellerophon, Pembroke, Tyne and Rhadamanthus and sailed for the east, but destination unknown.
Sep 1939 at Besika Bay.
13 Oct 1839 it is reported that a malignant fever had appeared among the crews of both fleets at Besika Bay, but with most intensity on board the French vessels.
4 Nov 1839 is reported to have departed Besika Bay 23 Oct for a winter anchorage at Vourla.
13 Oct 1839 has arrived Malta from Beshika Bay, and will sail shortly for England ; one of her lieutenants has been tried by court-martial, but honourably acquitted.
28 Dec 1839 was to be paid off at Plymouth.
25 Jan 1840 Midshipman David Robertson (late of the Talavera), passed his examination for Lieutenant at the RNC on Wednesday.
11 Jul 1840 Mate George Boll Williams (passed 1829), late of the Talavera, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
27 Sep 1840 Devonport, a severe fire took place in the dockyard during which the Talavera was destroyed in her dock.