HMS Druid was a 46-gun fifth rate completed at Pembroke Dockyard and launched in 1825.
1170Gt. L159ft B41ft D24ft.
She was sold in 1863 to J Marshall, Plymouth.
I cannot find anything about the history of this vessel other than the above.
Web sites and SSS Encyclopaedia.
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Druid HMS (1825)
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Re: Druid HMS (1825)
Built as a 5th Rate by the Pembroke Dockyard for the Royal Navy.
23 July 1817 ordered.
August 1821 keel laid down.
01 July 1825 launched as the HMS DRUID she was the first of her 7 class ship launched.
Tonnage 1,162 ton (bm), dim. 159.0 x 40.5 x 12.9ft, length of keel 133.9ft.
Armament: Upper deck 28 – 18 pdr. guns, quarter deck 14 – 32 pdr. carronades, forecastle 2 – 9 pdr guns and 2 – 32pdr carronades.
Subsequently re-armed with, upper deck 26 – 32 pdr. And 2 – 8 inch. guns, quarter deck 10- 32 pdr guns, forecastle 4 – 32 pdr guns.
Crew 315.
21 December 1825 commissioned under command of Captain Samuel Chambers at Plymouth. Building cost £31,980 and fitting out £13,054.
29 December 1825 when she has received her full complement she will proceed from Plymouth to Lisbon.
10 June 1826 she landed the British Consul Mr. Mackenzie at Port au Prince, Haiti.
1827 The DRUID conveyed Simon Bolivar from La Guiara, Venezuela to Carthagena, Columbia.
1828 Under command of Captain William Sandom
She stayed then in the Caribbean and east coast of North America and South America until the autumn of 1829.
1829 Under command of Captain G.W. Hamilton
06 September 1829 arrived from Jamaica with specie at Portsmouth, where after she will proceed to Plymouth to be decommissioned.
March 1830 sails from Plymouth for South America.
02 December 1830 about 10 miles to the SW of Bahia, Brazil, she stopped the schooner DESTIMIDA under command of Captain Raimundo Arribas which was in a leaky condition and accompanied her into Bahia.
Five Negroes on board the DESTIMIDA given as crew were not mentioned in the ship papers and were obviously slaves, and after berthed another 50 slaves were found inside the hold. The DESTIMIDA had to be careened and the slaves had to be taken out, 48 were put on board the HMS DRUID.
17 December 1830 the HMS DRUID at Cape Frio, Brazil to assist in the salvage of the British Admiralty packet THETIS who had grounded there with on board a large sum of money.
After DESTIMIDA was careened and repaired she was sent for adjudication to the British and Brazilian Mixed Court of Commission at Rio de Janeiro where she arrived on 21 December 1830.
22 January 1831; 50 of the Negroes of the DESTIMIDA were emancipated what means that they were given names and letters of emancipation etc., where after they were removed from custody on 28 February 1831.
It was decreed that the DESTIMIDA should be given back to the owner.
11 May 1831 DRUID at the Homoaze, Plymouth.
12 July 1831 arrived at Rio de Janeiro from Plymouth, where she stayed for some time.
27 December 1832 sailed from Plymouth for Lisbon.
04 June 1833 arrived at Plymouth from Lisbon.
07 June 1833 arrived in the Hamoaze, Plymouth to be paid off. 18 June decommissioned.
June 1833 the new fire-pump put on board and invented by Earle has worked satisfactorily and was used every day for pumping water from the tanks and emptying the well.
10 August 1839 Royal Marines Second Lieutenant Pickard appointed to the DRUID,
08 August 1839 at Plymouth in the Barn Pool.
December 1839 the DRUID arrived in Sydney, Australia, sailed again on 12 January 1840 bound for Canton.
24 January 1840 arrived at Macao under command of Capt. John Spencer Churchill
15 April 1840 arrived at Canton where Captain Churchill died on 3 June 1840 on dysentery, and Captain Smith took over the command.
Took part in the attack on the Bogue Forts and the destruction of Admiral Kwan’s Fleet in January 1841.
19 February 1841 sailed from |Hong Kong with the JUPITER and transports for operations off North Wangtong. 26 February 1841 entered the western channel and engaged the battery on North Wangtong, and a fort and camp on the opposite bank.
01 March 1841 off Wantong; ships boats sent up the river to Canton.
She was at Hong Kong on 21 July 1841 when one of the worst typhoons struck the harbour, the DRUID got some damage but survived the typhoon, which destroyed many ships in the harbour.
21 August 1841 the British fleet sailed from Hong Kong one of the ships in the fleet was the HMS DRUID to attack Amoy which was well defended by many forts, 26 August arrived off Amoy.
The DRUID with other ships of the British fleet attacked the defences on the island of Kolingoo in a heavy bombardment which took about one hour, at 05.00 p.m. the island of Kolingoo was occupied.
04 September 1841 the expedition proceeded to Chusan.
01 October 1841 in auction at Tinghae.
Late 1841 piracy remained a source of much trouble on the China coast, especially in the vicinity of Amoy, where on one occasion, a ships-boat of the DRUID when boarding a large junk was blown up when the junk exploded, several men of ships boat lost their live.
1844 Was she in Devonport, U.K.
20 December 1848 quarantine ship in Liverpool, other source give June 1846 a lazaretto ship in Liverpool.
April 1863 sold to Marshall, Plymouth for breaking up.
St Kitts 1980 30c sg44, scott40.
Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.anc ... 01478.html The Sail and Steam Navy List by Lyon & Infield. The Opium Clippers by Basil Lubbock.
23 July 1817 ordered.
August 1821 keel laid down.
01 July 1825 launched as the HMS DRUID she was the first of her 7 class ship launched.
Tonnage 1,162 ton (bm), dim. 159.0 x 40.5 x 12.9ft, length of keel 133.9ft.
Armament: Upper deck 28 – 18 pdr. guns, quarter deck 14 – 32 pdr. carronades, forecastle 2 – 9 pdr guns and 2 – 32pdr carronades.
Subsequently re-armed with, upper deck 26 – 32 pdr. And 2 – 8 inch. guns, quarter deck 10- 32 pdr guns, forecastle 4 – 32 pdr guns.
Crew 315.
21 December 1825 commissioned under command of Captain Samuel Chambers at Plymouth. Building cost £31,980 and fitting out £13,054.
29 December 1825 when she has received her full complement she will proceed from Plymouth to Lisbon.
10 June 1826 she landed the British Consul Mr. Mackenzie at Port au Prince, Haiti.
1827 The DRUID conveyed Simon Bolivar from La Guiara, Venezuela to Carthagena, Columbia.
1828 Under command of Captain William Sandom
She stayed then in the Caribbean and east coast of North America and South America until the autumn of 1829.
1829 Under command of Captain G.W. Hamilton
06 September 1829 arrived from Jamaica with specie at Portsmouth, where after she will proceed to Plymouth to be decommissioned.
March 1830 sails from Plymouth for South America.
02 December 1830 about 10 miles to the SW of Bahia, Brazil, she stopped the schooner DESTIMIDA under command of Captain Raimundo Arribas which was in a leaky condition and accompanied her into Bahia.
Five Negroes on board the DESTIMIDA given as crew were not mentioned in the ship papers and were obviously slaves, and after berthed another 50 slaves were found inside the hold. The DESTIMIDA had to be careened and the slaves had to be taken out, 48 were put on board the HMS DRUID.
17 December 1830 the HMS DRUID at Cape Frio, Brazil to assist in the salvage of the British Admiralty packet THETIS who had grounded there with on board a large sum of money.
After DESTIMIDA was careened and repaired she was sent for adjudication to the British and Brazilian Mixed Court of Commission at Rio de Janeiro where she arrived on 21 December 1830.
22 January 1831; 50 of the Negroes of the DESTIMIDA were emancipated what means that they were given names and letters of emancipation etc., where after they were removed from custody on 28 February 1831.
It was decreed that the DESTIMIDA should be given back to the owner.
11 May 1831 DRUID at the Homoaze, Plymouth.
12 July 1831 arrived at Rio de Janeiro from Plymouth, where she stayed for some time.
27 December 1832 sailed from Plymouth for Lisbon.
04 June 1833 arrived at Plymouth from Lisbon.
07 June 1833 arrived in the Hamoaze, Plymouth to be paid off. 18 June decommissioned.
June 1833 the new fire-pump put on board and invented by Earle has worked satisfactorily and was used every day for pumping water from the tanks and emptying the well.
10 August 1839 Royal Marines Second Lieutenant Pickard appointed to the DRUID,
08 August 1839 at Plymouth in the Barn Pool.
December 1839 the DRUID arrived in Sydney, Australia, sailed again on 12 January 1840 bound for Canton.
24 January 1840 arrived at Macao under command of Capt. John Spencer Churchill
15 April 1840 arrived at Canton where Captain Churchill died on 3 June 1840 on dysentery, and Captain Smith took over the command.
Took part in the attack on the Bogue Forts and the destruction of Admiral Kwan’s Fleet in January 1841.
19 February 1841 sailed from |Hong Kong with the JUPITER and transports for operations off North Wangtong. 26 February 1841 entered the western channel and engaged the battery on North Wangtong, and a fort and camp on the opposite bank.
01 March 1841 off Wantong; ships boats sent up the river to Canton.
She was at Hong Kong on 21 July 1841 when one of the worst typhoons struck the harbour, the DRUID got some damage but survived the typhoon, which destroyed many ships in the harbour.
21 August 1841 the British fleet sailed from Hong Kong one of the ships in the fleet was the HMS DRUID to attack Amoy which was well defended by many forts, 26 August arrived off Amoy.
The DRUID with other ships of the British fleet attacked the defences on the island of Kolingoo in a heavy bombardment which took about one hour, at 05.00 p.m. the island of Kolingoo was occupied.
04 September 1841 the expedition proceeded to Chusan.
01 October 1841 in auction at Tinghae.
Late 1841 piracy remained a source of much trouble on the China coast, especially in the vicinity of Amoy, where on one occasion, a ships-boat of the DRUID when boarding a large junk was blown up when the junk exploded, several men of ships boat lost their live.
1844 Was she in Devonport, U.K.
20 December 1848 quarantine ship in Liverpool, other source give June 1846 a lazaretto ship in Liverpool.
April 1863 sold to Marshall, Plymouth for breaking up.
St Kitts 1980 30c sg44, scott40.
Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.anc ... 01478.html The Sail and Steam Navy List by Lyon & Infield. The Opium Clippers by Basil Lubbock.