HMS Harrier (1854)
.jpg) Cruizer, sister-ship to Harrier | |
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| Name: | HMS Harrier |
| Ordered: | 18 July 1851[1] |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | November 1851[1] |
| Launched: | 13 May 1854 |
| Commissioned: | 3 November 1854[1] |
| Decommissioned: | 1866 |
| Fate: | Broken up at Portsmouth in 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cruizer-class screw sloop |
| Displacement: | 1,045 tons [1] |
| Tons burthen: | 747 51/94 bm[1] |
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| Beam: | 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)[1] |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)[1] |
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| Sail plan: | Barque-rigged |
| Speed: | 8.3 kn (15.4 km/h) |
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HMS Harrier was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class sloop launched in 1854. She took part in the Crimean War, served on the Australia Station and took part in the New Zealand Wars. She was broken up in 1865
Construction
Harrier was launched on 13 May 1854 from Pembroke Dockyard.[2]
Crimean War
From 1854 to 1856 Harrier took part in the Crimean War as part of the naval force in the Baltic Sea. She served on the South Atlantic Station before refitting in Portsmouth in 1860.[3]
Australia station
She recommissioned on 29 October 1860 for the Australia Station. She undertook a punitive action against Fijian natives in 1863.
New Zealand Wars
She took part in the rescue operations when HMS Orpheus was wrecked in Manukau Harbour, New Zealand and was also grounded but was refloated. She undertook operations during the Invasion of Waikato and the Tauranga Campaign in New Zealand. Her captain, Commander Edward Hay, was killed on 30 April 1864 during the storming of Gate Pā,[3] and his coxswain, Samuel Mitchell, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery.
Fate
Harrier paid off at Portsmouth on 31 March 1865 and was broken up the next year.[1]
References
- Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.