HMS constanceConstance, 1846-1875
The constanceConstance was a fourth-rate sailing ship of the Royal Navy.1 It was built at Pembroke Dock, carried 50 guns, and was 50 m long by 16 m wide.2 During its time in the Pacific Station, it was commanded by Captain Baldwin Wake
Walker from 1846-47 and Captain George William Conway Courtenay from 1847-49.3 constanceConstance was converted to a screw-frigate in 1862.4
constanceConstance is mentioned in these extracts, which are not transcribed, in reference to letters
received from Captain Courtney, who was apparently on board HMS Constance
at sea.
- 1. Peter Davis, HMS Constance, William Loney RN—Ships.
- 2. J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy (Devon: David & Charles: Newton Abbot, 1969), 1:134.
- 3. Ibid.
- 4. Ibid.
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