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HYACINTH
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Built in 1829, Plymouth.
Hulk in 1860. |
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- 1830 Robert JACKSON, 10/1829, Jamaica.
- 1831 William OLDREY, 03/1831, West Indies.
- 1834 Francis Price BLACKWOOD, 02/1833, East Indies.
On 23 September 1833 HYACINTH was struck by lightning while sailing near the Maldive Islands and both topmasts were split.
January 1837, Portsmouth. - 1838 William WARREN, 07/1837, East Indies.
In November 1839 HYACINTH, in company with VOLAGE was forced to open fire on an attacking fleet of Chinese junks. - 1842 George GOLDSMITH, East Indies.
- 1844 Francis SCOTT, 09/1843, coast of Africa.
On 13 August 1844, while at Fish Bay, West Africa, Mate John TOTTENHAM with five men in HYACINTH's 4-oar gig pursued and drove ashore a Brazilian slaver armed with two 4-pounder guns.
Four of the slaver's crew of eighteen were wounded, one mortally, by the mate's musket fire which he maintained as fast as the spare hand could reload for him.
When HYACINTH stood into the shore and anchored, the slaver was re-floated and proved to be of 200 tons and fitted for carrying 1,000 slaves. - 1846 Ditto, NAWI
- 1848 Portsmouth.
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