HMS Maeander (1840)
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HMS Meander was launched at Chatham on 5 May 1840. She was a Seringapatam-class
frigate, armed originally with 16 32-pounder carronade
s and 28 18-pounder carronades. The length of her keel was 133 feet and her beam 42 feet; her burthen was 1221 tons. As a frigate her complement was 222 seamen, 39 boys and 60 marines.
From 1 November 1847 to 1851 her captain was Henry Keppel
. She served in the East Indies, cooperating with James Brooke
in the suppression of piracy, and then in Australia and the Pacific. On 14 July 1852 Captain Charles Talbot
took command of Maeander. On 30 May 1854 Captain Thomas Baillie took command. She served in the White Sea in 1855 during the Russian War.
On 2 December 1856, James Robert Drummond
was appointed captain of Maeander, for coast guard service. In 1859 she was commanded by Commander Malcolm MacGregor.
In 1860 she was converted into a stores' ship and served in the West Coast of Africa Squadron at Ascension as a replacement for Tortoise. From 1 November 1859 to July 1861 she was under the command of Captain William Farquharson Burnett. On 23 February 1861 Captain Frederick Lamport Barnard took command. From 24 December 1864 to January 1866 her commander was Captain Joseph Grant Bickford.
By 1864 she was reduced to 10 guns.
Seringapatam class frigate
The Seringapatam class frigates, were a successful class of British Royal Navy 46-gun sailing frigates. The first vessel of the class was HMS Seringapatam. The Seringapatam's design was based on the French frigate Président, which the British had captured in 1806...
frigate, armed originally with 16 32-pounder carronade
Carronade
The carronade was a short smoothbore, cast iron cannon, developed for the Royal Navy by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk, Scotland, UK. It was used from the 1770s to the 1850s. Its main function was to serve as a powerful, short-range anti-ship and anti-crew weapon...
s and 28 18-pounder carronades. The length of her keel was 133 feet and her beam 42 feet; her burthen was 1221 tons. As a frigate her complement was 222 seamen, 39 boys and 60 marines.
From 1 November 1847 to 1851 her captain was Henry Keppel
Henry Keppel
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Keppel, GCB, OM was a British admiral, son of the 4th Earl of Albemarle and of his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lord de Clifford.-Naval career:...
. She served in the East Indies, cooperating with James Brooke
James Brooke
James, Rajah of Sarawak, KCB was the first White Rajah of Sarawak. His father, Thomas Brooke, was an English Judge Court of Appeal at Bareilly, British India; his mother, Anna Maria, born in Hertfordshire, was the illegitimate daughter of Scottish peer Colonel William Stuart, 9th Lord Blantyre,...
in the suppression of piracy, and then in Australia and the Pacific. On 14 July 1852 Captain Charles Talbot
Charles Talbot (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral Sir Charles Talbot KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.-Naval career:...
took command of Maeander. On 30 May 1854 Captain Thomas Baillie took command. She served in the White Sea in 1855 during the Russian War.
On 2 December 1856, James Robert Drummond
James Robert Drummond
Admiral Sir James Robert Drummond GCB was a British naval officer who commanded several ships in the Black Sea Fleet during the Crimean War and who commanded the Mediterranean Fleet from 1874 to 1877 before going on to be Fourth Naval Lord.-Naval career:Born the second of the eight children of...
was appointed captain of Maeander, for coast guard service. In 1859 she was commanded by Commander Malcolm MacGregor.
In 1860 she was converted into a stores' ship and served in the West Coast of Africa Squadron at Ascension as a replacement for Tortoise. From 1 November 1859 to July 1861 she was under the command of Captain William Farquharson Burnett. On 23 February 1861 Captain Frederick Lamport Barnard took command. From 24 December 1864 to January 1866 her commander was Captain Joseph Grant Bickford.
By 1864 she was reduced to 10 guns.