The Colonial Despatches: HMS Topaze, 1858-1884

HMS topazeTopaze, 1858-1884

The HMS topazeTopaze was a 72 m long British steam frigate.1 According to various despatches, the topazeTopaze was a gunboat, but served also as a survey vessel. According this document, from October 1859, the topazeTopaze was ordered to the Pacific Station at Valparaiso, along with the clioClio.

In this despatch, the topazeTopaze was ordered to join British naval forces on the North West Coast of America. The topazeTopaze appears to have remained in service at Esquimalt Harbour in several capacities, until at least November 1866.

1. Peter Davis, Topaze, William Loney RN—Ships.

Mentions of this vessel in the documents

Paget, C. to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 29 June 1863, CO 60:17, no. 6387, 33.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 28 December 1861, CO 305:17, no. 2297, 570.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 14 October 1859, CO 305:12, no. 10175, 348.
Paget, C. to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 29 June 1863, CO 305:21, no. 6392, 3.
Romaine, William Govett to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 30 September 1862, CO 305:19, no. 9714, 336.
Romaine, William Govett to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 2 January 1862, CO 305:19, no. 187, 329.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 21 October 1859, LAC :, 288.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 31 May 1862, CO 305:19, no. 7226, 180.
The Colonial Despatches: Lascelles, Horace Douglas
The Colonial Despatches: Forbes, Doctor Charles
Romaine, William Govett to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 28 March 1862, CO 305:19, no. 3065, 334.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 4 July 1863, CO 305:20, no. 8070, 223.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 17 September 1861, CO 305:17, no. 10475, 455.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 9 October 1860, CO 60:8, no. 11678, 196.
The Colonial Despatches: Verney, Lieutenant Commander Edmund Hope
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 8 August 1860, CO 305:14, no. 9267, 365.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 21 March 1862, NAC :, 48.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 9 November 1860, CO 60:8, no. 91, 287.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 1 February 1861, LAC :, 385.
Pakenham, William to Adderley, C. B. 21 November 1866, CO 305:30, no. 11134, 128.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 11 September 1861, CO 305:17, no. 9782, 445.

The Colonial Despatches Team. HMS Topaze, 1858-1884. 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/topaze.html.

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HMS topazeTopaze, 1858-1884