The Colonial Despatches: HMS Daphne, 1838-1864

HMS daphneDaphne, 1838-1864

HMS daphneDaphne was a sixth rate, 18-gun sailing ship of the Royal Navy, and during its time in the Pacific it was commanded by Captain John James Onslow from 1842-47, and then by Captain Edward Gennys Fanshawe from 1848-52.1 It was a corvette-class vessel, 37 m long by 11 m wide, built at Pembroke Dock.2

The daphneDaphne is mentioned in multiple despatches, mostly in 1851 and 1852.

1. Peter Davis, HMS Daphne, William Loney RN—Ships.
2. J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy (Devon: David & Charles: Newton Abbot, 1969), 1:152.

Mentions of this vessel in the documents

Schedules
Douglas, Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 24 February 1857, CO 305:8, no. 3887, 24.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 27 September 1852, CO 305:3, no. 8866, 269.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 30 December 1851, CO 305:3, no. 10817, 241.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George 2 February 1852, CO 305:3, no. 1039, 428.
The Colonial Despatches: Schedules
Grey, Third Earl, Henry George to Douglas, Sir James 5 November 1851, LAC :, 31.
Douglas, Sir James to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 15 April 1852, CO 305:3, no. 6485, 103.
Blanshard, Governor Richard to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 30 August 1851, CO 305:3, no. 9339, 38.
Trevelyan, Sir Charles Edward to Merivale, Herman 20 February 1852, CO 305:3, no. 1489, 353.
The Colonial Despatches: Blanshard, Governor Richard
Blanshard, Governor Richard to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 11 August 1851, CO 305:3, no. 9337, 36.
The Colonial Despatches: Onslow, Captain John James
The Colonial Despatches: Lacy, Lieutenant Edward
Parker, John to Hawes, Benjamin 24 October 1851, CO 305:3, no. 9092, 206A.
Schedules
Parker, John to Peel, Sir Frederick 28 November 1851, CO 305:3, no. 10075, 215.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 22 September 1851, CO 305:3, no. 8047, 195.
The Colonial Despatches: Fanshawe, Sir Edward Gennys
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 25 May 1852, CO 305:3, no. 4770, 254.
Blanshard, Governor Richard to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 11 August 1851, CO 305:3, no. 9336, 34.
Parker, John to Merivale, Herman 28 January 1852, CO 305:3, no. 836, 245.
Blanshard, Governor Richard to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 4 August 1851, CO 305:3, no. 8963, 28.
Douglas, Sir James to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 31 October 1851, CO 305:3, no. 484, 65.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 20 October 1852, CO 305:3, no. 9535, 356.

The Colonial Despatches Team. HMS Daphne, 1838-1864. 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/daphne.html.

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Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

HMS daphneDaphne, 1838-1864