| 1813-1814 |
In
1813 a 26 (or 20) gun sloop HMS Conway was laid down at Frindesbury
opposite Rochester on the Medway. She was launched on 10th March1814.
She is variously classified as a 6th rate, 'ship sloop', or a 'brig
sloop'. Length 108.4 feet, 444 (or 451) tons BOM. She had a crew of
150. Armament was 26 eight pounders on the upper deck, 18 thirty two
pounders on the quarter deck and 6 twelve pounders and 2 twelve
pounders on the Fo'c'sle. She saw service in the North and South Atlantic and the Pacific. |
4 Jul 1817
to 20 Jan 1820 |
Commanded by Captain Edward Barnard, Persian Gulf and Isle de France |
| 1820 |
Commanded
by Captain Basil Hall FRS, left for the South American station for the
purpose of exploring the South Shetlands. Produced the first chart of
Hughes Bay. Her log book for the years 1820 - 21 is held by the
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service http://www2.hmc.gov.uk/NRA/searches/SIdocs.asp?SIR=43097 |
| By 1825 |
She was no longer in commission so this would have enabled 'our' HMS Conway to adopt the name when she was laid down in 1828. |
| Jan 1843 |
Still out of commission at Portsmouth. |
