HMS briskBrisk, 1851-1870
The briskBrisk was a Royal Navy sloop with screw propulsion.1 It was under the command of Alfred John Curtis during its time in the Pacific from 1854-57.2
The briskBrisk, under the command of Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour,3 was part of a squadron fighting in the White Sea during the Crimean War.4
This ship was 58 m long, 11 m wide, and carried 14 guns; it was sold into mercantile service in 1870.5
This despatch notes that the briskBrisk and two other vessels were under orders to repair to Vancouver's Island.
  • 1. Peter Davis, HMS Brisk, William Loney RN—Ships.
  • 2. Ibid.
  • 3. William Laird Clowes, The Royal Navy: A History (London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1901), 6:428.
  • 4. Peter Davis, HMS Brisk, William Loney RN—Ships.
  • 5. J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy (Devon: David & Charles: Newton Abbot, 1969), 1:90.
Mentions of this vessel in the documents
The Colonial Despatches Team. HMS Brisk, 1851-1870. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/brisk.html.

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