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Vengeance, 1824
Type: 2nd rate ; Armament 84
Launched : 27 Jul 1824 ;
Disposal date or year : 1897
BM: 2284 tons
Notes:
1 Jan 1820 building or ordered to be built, with a circular stern.
1830 Portsmouth
1 Oct 1840 Plymouth, sailed Tuesday under jury rig for Portsmouth, to be brought forward for commission. The steamer accompanied her to render assistance if required.
3 Oct 1840 Spithead, arrived on Thursday from Plymouth, and went into harbour to be prepared for commission.
10 Oct 1840 Portsmouth, was taken into the basin an Thursday.
13 Oct 1840 Portsmouth, was taken into dock.
5 Dec 1840 Portsmouth, was taken out of dock.
16 Dec 1840 Portsmouth, is being rigged in the basin by personnel from the Victory.
14 Sep 1847 Excercises with Sir Charles Napier's Squadron - see steam sloop Stromboli for details.
Summer, 1848, Malta Harbour
20 Dec 1848 Mediterranean.
25 May 1851 Royal Inspection - see below
30 Aug 1851 Portsmouth
17 Oct 1854 1st Bombardment of Sebastopol
1860 Devonport
1861 Receiving Ship
1870 Receiving Hulk, Devonport
1879 Receiving Hulk, Devonport
1890 Receiving Hulk, Devonport
DNS of 26 May 1851
Victoria and Albert : Portsmouth, May 25. At about 6 o'clock on Friday night the Victoria and Albert, royal yacht, which had gone down to Cowes during the day, hoisted the royal and Prussian standards and embarked her Majesty and her royal foreign guests and conveyed them to Spithead, on a visit to the Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, and the Hogue and Ajax, 60 gun screw steam ships, Captains M'Dougall and Quin. The royal party, under the customary salutes and the ceremony of manning yards, went on board the two first named ships and inspected them after which they returned to the royal yacht etc………..