HMS alarmAlarm, 1845-1904
alarmAlarm was a sixth-rate ship of the Royal Navy; it was commanded by Captain Douglas Curry
during its time in the Pacific, from 1855-59.1
According to the Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels, along with Vixen, Alarm was involved in the rescue of two British citizens who had been kidnapped by Colonel
Salas of the Nicaraguan army in 1848.2
alarmAlarm was 40 m long, 12 m wide and built at Sheerness dockyards; it became a coal hulk
in 1860 and was sold by the Navy in 1904.
- 1. Peter Davis, Alarm, William Loney RN—Ships.
- 2. Alarm, Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels.
- 3. J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy (Devon: David & Charles: Newton Abbot, 1969), 1:30.
Mentions of this vessel in the documents
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Douglas, Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 7 June 1856, CO 305:7, no. 7192, 56.
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Douglas, Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 20 August 1856, CO 305:7, no. 9708, 82.
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The Colonial Despatches: Schedules
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Douglas, Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 22 July 1856, CO 305:7, no. 9300, 59.
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Schedules
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The Colonial Despatches: Curry, Captain Douglas
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Osborne, Ralph to Merivale, Herman 30 June 1856, CO 305:7, no. 5837, 146.
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Osborne, Ralph to Merivale, Herman 30 June 1856, CO 305:7, no. 5858, 148.