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HMS Modeste (1837)

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Modeste
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Modeste
Ordered6 February 1837
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Cost£15,042
Laid downMay 1837
Launched31 September 1837
Commissioned10 March 1838
FateSold March 1866
General characteristics
Class and typeModeste-class corvette
Tons burthen562 3094 tons bm
Length
  • 120 ft (36.6 m) (overall)
  • 98 ft 7 in (30.0 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 1 in (10.1 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 2 in (4.32 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement150
Armament
  • 16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • 2 × 32-pounder guns

HMS Modeste was a British Royal Navy corvette commissioned in 1838 and sold in 1866.

Operations

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Mouth of the Peiho, from the pinnace of HMS Modeste, 11 August 1840.

The Modeste was a part of the British forces engaged in the First Opium War against the Qing Empire.[1]

References

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  • Lyon, David and Rif Winfield. The Sail and Steam Navy List: All of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham Publishing. 2004, p. 120.
  1. ^ Bingham, J. Elliot. Narrative of the Expedition to China. Vol. 1. London: Henry Colburn. 1843.
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