HMS daedalusDaedalus, 1826-1911
HMS daedalusDaedalus was a fifth-rate sailing ship of the Royal Navy; it was commanded by Captain George
Greville Wellesley during its time in the Pacific Station.1 It was 46 m long by 12 m wide and carried 46 guns until it was reduced to 20 guns
in 1843; it was sold to J. B. Garnham on 14 September 1911.2
According to this document from 1850, daedalusDaedalus carried then-Governor of Vancouver Island Blanshard to Fort Rupert in search of four
Indigenous men accused of murdering three British seamen. This despatch details The
daedalusDaedalus's attack on the accused’s camp. The inhabitants of the camp fled before it was burned
to the ground; it is unclear as to whether or not the murderers were ever apprehended.
The daedalusDaedalus is mentioned in several despatches, mostly in 1851.
- 1. Peter Davis, HMS Daedalus, William Loney RN—Ships.
- 2. J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy (Devon: David & Charles: Newton Abbot, 1969), 1:150.