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| Name | HMS Bulldog |
| Namesake | Bulldog |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard, United Kingdom |
| Laid down | 8 July 1844[1] |
| Launched | 2 October 1845[1] |
| Sponsored by | Mrs Angela Brown |
| Completed | September 1846[2] |
| Fate | Destroyed 23 October 1865 |
| General characteristics [3] | |
| Tons burthen | 1,124 bm |
| Length | 190 ft (57.9 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
| Installed power | 500 nhp |
| Propulsion |
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| Armament | list error: mixed text and list (help) [1]
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HMS Bulldog was a wood-hulled paddle sloop of the Royal Navy. She was destroyed in Haiti in 1865.
Construction
editBulldog, the third warship of that name built for the Royal Navy, was launched on 2 October 1845 at the Chatham Royal Navy Dockyard. With a wooden hull of 190 ft (57.9 m) length and 36 ft (11.0 m) beam, measuring 1,124 tons burthen, she was powered by a two-cylinder side-lever steam engine totalling 500 nhp made by Rennie & Co, Millwall, driving side paddle wheels.[3][1]
Service
editFate
editOn 23 October 1865 Bulldog bombarded Port au Prince, Haiti in support of President Fabre Geffrard during the rebellion by General Sylvain Salnave in direct response to the shelling of the British steamship Jamaica Packet by the rebel steamer Voldrogue and the seizure of refugees from the British consulate. During the bombardment, Bulldog was stranded on a reef when attempting to run down Voldrogue, but could not be refloated. She was blown up by the British to prevent her falling into rebel hands. While stranded on the reef she continued to bombard the town, and sank the Voldrogue.[4][5][6]
The consequent court-martial on 15-16 January 1866 found Captain Charles Wake to have been negligent in running the ship aground and premature in his destruction of the ship. He was severely reprimanded and dismissed the ship.[7][8]
Notes
edit- ^ 64 cwt is the weight of the gun ("cwt" = hundredweight)
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Launch of the Bulldog Steam Frigate". The Times. No. 19045. London. 3 October 1845. p. 7.
- ^ "Naval Intelligence". The Times. No. 19337. London. 9 September 1846. p. 6.
- ^ a b Colledge, J J; Warlow, Ben (2010). Ships of the Royal Navy. Newbury: Casemate Publishers. p. 58. ISBN 1612000274.
- ^ "Hayti". The Times. No. 25350. London. 23 November 1865. p. 12.
- ^ "The Haytien Revolution". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5581. Liverpool. 19 December 1865. p. 6.
- ^ Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States 1867, Part 2. Washington DC: United States, Department of State. 1867. pp. 502–507. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ "Court-Martial on the Officers and Men of HMS Bulldog". The Morning Post. No. 28736. London. 17 January 1866. p. 6.
- ^ "The Loss of HMS Bulldog". The Nautical Magazine. 35: 104–105. February 1866. Retrieved 12 November 2014.