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HMS Niger (1846)

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385: 365:(9.96 m). She had a depth of hold of 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m). Her builder’s measure tonnage was 911 tons. In 1848 her gundeck was lengthen at Deptford Dockyard to 194 ft 4 in (59.23 m) with her keel length reported for tonnage calculation of 170 ft 11.75 in (52.1145 m). Her maximum breadth was now 34 ft 8 in (10.57 m) with 34 ft 4 in (10.46 m) reported for tonnage. Her depth of hold was now 21 ft 5.5 in (6.541 m). Her minimum draught was 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) forward and 16 ft 3 in (4.95 m) aft. Her builder’s measured tonnage increased to 1,072 tons with a displacement of 1,496 tons. 63: 36: 820: 446:
She was commissioned at Portsmouth on the 9th of July 1850 under Commander Leopold G. Heath, RN for service on the West Coast of Africa. At the end of 1852 she was transferred to the Mediterranean, and in 1854 to the Black Sea for the Russian War. On 2 February 1855 Commander Henry W. Hire, RN took
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in 1845, had shown that screw propulsion was broadly superior, the 1849 trials pitted two near-identical ships against each other. Since both ships had the same lines and steam engines developing almost identical power, the results confirmed the superiority of screw propulsion over the paddle-wheel
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Her machinery was supplied by Maudslay, Sons & Field of Lambeth. She shipped rectangular fire tube boilers. Her engine was a 4-cylinder horizontal single expansion (HSE) steam engine with cylinders of 47.625 in (1,209.7 mm) in diameter with a 22 in (560 mm) stroke, rated at
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Her planned armament in 1849 consisted of a single Monk’s 1839 56-pounder muzzle loading smooth bore (MLSB) of 87 hundredweight (cwt) 10-foot solid shot gun on a pivot mount, one 10-inch MLSB of 86 cwt 9-foot 4-inch shell gun on a pivot mount and four 8-inch 65 cwt MLSB 9-foot guns on broadside
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Niger’s keel was laid in May 1845 at Woolwich Dockyard Slip No. 3 and launched on 18 November 1846. Her gundeck was 185 ft 0 in (56.39 m) with her keel length reported for tonnage calculation of 162 ft 0 in (49.38 m) estimated. Her breadth was 32 ft 8 in
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400 nominal horsepower (NHP). She had a single 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) diameter screw propeller. In 1864 she was re-engined with a 350 NHP 2-cylinder (55 in (1,400 mm) pistons on a 30 in (760 mm)stroke) supplied by Miller, Ravenhill & Salkeld.
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trucks plus two 32-pounder 25 cwt MLSB solid shot guns. In 1850 when commissioned, the armament was changed to fourteen 32 pounder 25 cwt 6-foot MLSB solid shot guns on broadside trucks. Later in 1856 a 68-pounder 95 cwt MLSB 10-foot solid shot gun was added on a pivot mount.
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with screw propulsion on 20 February 1845 to be built at Woolwich Dockyard, along the design developed by Oliver Lang and with a hull like the Basilisk designed paddle sloops. Her armament and engine were to be like the Encounter Design building at Pembroke. A second vessel
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Niger was the third named vessel since its introduction for a 33-gun fifth rate launched at Sheerness on 25 September 1759, converted to a prison ship in 1810, renamed Negro in 1813 and sold on 29 September 1814.
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She conducted important propulsion trials, finally proving the superiority of screw propulsion and served in West Africa, the Crimea, China, the East Indies and Australia. She took part in the
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Upon her arrival in Home Waters, she paid off at Woolwich on 9 December 1868. She was sold to Henry Castle & Sons for breaking at Charlton on 2 December 1869.
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for repairs. Captain James M. Bruce, RN took command on 9 October 1865 when Captain Byng was invalided. In late 1868 she returned to Home Waters.
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that was taking place there. After reaching the Omata stockade near dusk, they proceeded to storm the by now lightly defended Kaipopo Pā. Coxwain
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Rif Winfield; British Warships in the Age of Sail (1817 - 1863): published by Seaforth Publishing, England (c) 2014; eISBN 9781473837430
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After a brief time in reserve, she was commissioned on 14 May 1856, under Captain Arthur A.L.P. Cochrane, RN for service in the
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suburb of East End. The hill is a reserve today. She returned to Home Waters, paying off at Woolwich on 13 September 1861.
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During her full power steam trials her engine generated 1,002 indicated horsepower (IHP) for a speed of 10.25 knots.
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34 ft 8 in (10.57 m) maximum, 34 ft 4 in (10.46 m) beam reported for tonnage
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was originally slated to be built as a Sampson designed sloop; however, she was ordered as a First-Class
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The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume I (1845–64)
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broke through the palisades and pulled down the Māori ensigns flying there, and received the first
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On 3 February 1865 she was commissioned under Captain John C. Byng, RN for service on the
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was fitted with paddles. Although previous trials, including a similar comparison between
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had started life as her sister ship when both were designed as sailing sloops, but while
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170 ft 11.75 in (52.1145 m) keel reported for tonage
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Chapter 19. R. E. Owen, 1955, Wellington. Archived at
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command. She paid off at Woolwich on 31 January 1856.
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
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4-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
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Index

HMS Niger
HMS Niger
Illustrated London News
Royal Navy Ensign
Woolwich Dockyard
sloop
corvette
bm
indicated horsepower
Full-rigged ship
68-pdr gun
sloop
New Zealand wars

English Channel
HMS Basilisk
Rattler
Alecto
East Indies Station
China Station
Australian Station
First Taranaki War
engagement
William Odgers
Victoria Cross
Warea
New Plymouth
North America and West Indies Station
River Thames
Greenhithe

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