Index
 
Health of the Navy 1864

West Coast of Africa Station

C. Commissioned.       D. Returns defective.       P. O. Paid off.       C. S. Station changed.

Rate Name of Ship Where Commissioned When Commissioned Number of Guns Tonnage Horse Power Period Average Complement Average complement Corrected for Time Number of Cases of Disease and Injury Number of Days' Sickness on Board Average Number of Men Sick Daily Ratio per 1,000 of Average Force of each Ship Number Discharged to Hospital
Sixth Rate    Archer C. Woolwich 30 Mar. 1863 13 973 S. 202 Year 175 175 563 6,056 16.5 94.2 26
Sixth Rate Rattlesnake Devonport 20 Aug. 1862 19 1705 S. 400 Year 260 260 372 3,075 8.4 32 19
Steam Vessel    Antelope - - - - - Year 70 70 158 1,181 3.2 45.7 3
Steam Vessel Investigator  D. Woolwich . - Dec 1861 2 149 P. 34 Six Months 40 20 132 841 2.3 115 3
Sloop Zebra Sheerness 5 April 1862 17 951 S. 200 Year 1S0 155 196 1,416 3.8 24.5 -
Gun Vessel Dart Portsmouth 11 Mar. 1862 5 428 S. 80 Year 75 75 147 1,433 3.9 52 7
Gun Vessel Griffon Sheerness 29 June 1861 5 425 S. 80 Year 70 70 135 1,856 5 71.4 6
Gun Vessel Jaseur Sheerness 8 April 1863 5 425 S. 80 Year 80 80 153 1,352 3.7 46.2 7
Gun Vessel Lee Devonport 19 Mar 1862 5 431 S. 80 Year 65 65 167 1,751 4.7 72.3 8
Gun Vessel Mullet Sheerness 22 Mar 1862 5 430 S. 80 Year 65 65 139 1,202 3.2 49.2 7
Gun Vessel Pandora Portsmouth 20 Mar 1863 5 426 S. 80 Year 80 80 116 1,256 3.4 42.5 4
Gun Vessel Philomel P. O. Portsmouth 24 Dec 1860 5 428 S. 80 1 Jan to 11 Aug 80 50 134 753 2 40 1
Gun Vessel Ranger Woolwich 23 Feb 1864    5 427 S. 80 1 Apr to 31 Dec    75 60 83 1,456 3.9 65 2
Gun Vessel Snipe Sheerness 8 Aug 1862 5 431 S. 80 Year 65 65 106 843 2.3 35.3 1
Gun Vessel Sparrow Devonport 23 Mar 1863 5 430 S. 80 Year 65 65 171 1,985 5.4 83 -
Gun Vessel Speedwell Woolwich 6 Sept. 1863 5 428 P. 80 Year 55 55 221 3,104 8.5 154.5 17
Gun Boat Handy Portsmouth - 2 235 S. 00 Year 20 20 66 596 1.6 80 3
Store Ship Maeander Ascension 21 Jan. 1860 10 1221 - Year 130 130 104 1,059 2.8 21.5 10
Store Ship Wye Woolwich 6 April 1861 2 700 S. 100 Year 50 50 63 718 1.9 38 3

See below for original data.


Last Updated on 29/07/2007

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