72:
491:
625:
405:
1479:
1474:
33:
422:
On the morning of the 31st
December, 1848, in lat. 41° 13'N., and long. 12° 31'W., being nearly due west of Oporto, I saw a long black creature with a sharp head, moving slowly, I should think about two knots ... its back was about twenty feet if not more above water; and its head, as near as I could
358:
s keel was laid in
October 1847 at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 5 April 1848. Her gundeck was 140 ft 0 in (42.7 m) with her keel length reported for tonnage calculation of 121 ft 10.5 in (37.1 m). Her maximum breadth was 27 ft 10 in (8.5 m) reported
336:
as designed by John
Fincham, Master Shipwright at Portsmouth. Launched in 1848, she served three commissions, firstly on the West Indies and North American Station, then on the West Africa Station and finally in the Pacific Station. It was during her last commission as a survey ship that she left her
362:
Her machinery was supplied by Miller, Ravenhill & Company. She shipped two rectangular fire tube boilers. Her engine was a 2-cylinder vertical single expansion (VSE) oscillating steam engine with cylinders of 27 in (685.8 mm) in diameter with a 24 in (609.6 mm) stroke, rated
366:
Her main armament consisted of two
Blomefield 32-pounder 56 hundredweight (cwt) muzzle loading smooth bore (MLSB) 9.5-foot solid shot guns and six Blomefield (bored up from 18-pounders) 32-pounder 25 cwt MLSB 6-foot solid shot guns on broadside trucks.
359:
for tonnage was 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m). She had a depth of hold of 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m). Her builder's measure tonnage was 490 tons and displaced 577 tons. Her mean draught was 11 ft 4.5 in (3.5 m).
423:
judge, from six to eight...There was something on its back that appeared like a mane, and, as it moved through the water, kept washing about; but before I could examine it more closely, it was too far astern
332:. However, the reference Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. College, (c) 2020 there is no entry that associates this name to this build. The vessel was reordered on 12 August as an 8-gun
1077:
Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by
Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © 2020, e
1053:
Lyon
Winfield, The Sail & Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815 to 1889, by David Lyon & Rif Winfield, published by Chatham Publishing, London © 2004,
468:
After a short refit she recommissioned at
Portsmouth under Commander John A.L. Wharton, RN on 1 August 1853 for service on the West Coast of Africa. At the time, the
337:
most enduring legacy; in charting the west coast of
British Columbia she left her name and those of her ship's company scattered across the charts of the region. She
441:. She was refloated and taken in to Digby for repairs. In June 1851 she deployed to the south-east coast of America and during this period she captured the slavers
1110:
42:
1232:
530:
1501:
482:
on 19 October 1855. By
October 1856 her gun armament was increased to 12 guns. She returned to Home Waters paying off at Portsmouth on 9 December 1856.
347:
was the fifth named vessel since it was introduced for a 12-gun gunvessel launched by
Randall of Rotherhithe on 17 May 1794 and sold in January 1802.
472:
was employed overwhelmingly in anti-slavery patrols. She changed commanders on 5 April 1855 when Commander William H. Haswell took command.
1521:
1103:
526:
395:'s Western Squadron. In January 1849 she was sent to the North America and West Indies Station. Curiously, a report was published in the
76:
1511:
1265:
1024:
1066:
Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1817 – 1863), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2014, e
505:, RN for service on the Pacific Coast of British North America as a survey ship. During her tenure there she surveyed the lower
1096:
881:
1082:
456:
She is recorded as arriving in Portsmouth from Brazil with 6,370 troy ounces (198 kg) of gold trans-shipped from the
666:
1516:
1506:
1071:
1058:
328:
was part of the 1847 programme, she was ordered on 25 April as a steam schooner from Woolwich Dockyard with the name
687:
673:
662:
982:
71:
1258:
536:
56:
338:
601:
in January 1861. He then returned to the United Kingdom, paying the ship off at Portsmouth on 2 July 1861.
391:
She was commissioned on 6 November 1848 under Commander Matthew S. Nolloth, RN for Particular Service with
188:
1424:
1403:
363:
at 60 nominal horsepower (NHP). She had a single screw propeller of 9 ft (2.7 m) in diameter.
1482:
1478:
1473:
1469:
1274:
1290:
513:, Howe Sound, Sunshine Coast and the waters around Esquimalt and Victoria on Vancouver's Island. The
198:
140 ft 0 in (42.7 m) gundeck, 121 ft 10.5 in (37.1 m) Keel for tonnage
1251:
721:
677:
569:
564:
was the ship's engineer under Captain Richards when, in 1859, Brockton found a vein of coal in the
551:
1074:, Chapter 12 Screw Sloops, Vessels ordered or reordered as steam screw sloops (from 1845), Plumper
409:
Supposed Appearance of the Great Sea-Serpent, From H.M.S. Plumper, Sketched by an Officer on Board
375:
During steam trials her engine generated 148 indicated horsepower (IHP) for a speed of 7.4 knots.
783:
413:
397:
32:
1340:
701:
642:
634:
502:
438:
1243:
1088:
941:
861:
245:
1394:
1156:
1142:
841:
544:
469:
1028:
8:
1526:
1454:
1361:
1216:
392:
206:
27 ft 10 in (8.5 m) maximum, 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m) for tonnage
1200:
1186:
1178:
1171:
1135:
1128:
970:
946:
866:
846:
474:
434:
1372:
1320:
1078:
1067:
1054:
1003:
597:
out to the Pacific Station and swapped commands with Richards, taking command of the
591:
490:
1383:
1310:
1193:
1149:
889:
725:
561:
49:
1330:
624:
587:
555:
669:
takes its name). Other features were named after the ship's company, including:
707:
577:
522:
404:
649:
Several significant features of the coast of British Columbia are named after
1495:
1413:
691:
683:
654:
638:
510:
1300:
816:
713:
697:
658:
581:
573:
518:
506:
333:
401:
on 14 April 1849 of a sighting of a sea serpent off the Portuguese Coast.
1433:
166:
20:
378:
Plumper was completed for sea on 17 December 1848 at a cost of £20,446.
341:
for the last time in 1861 and was finally sold for breaking up in 1865.
565:
1063:
The Navy List, published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London
460:
on 31 December 1852. She paid off at Portsmouth on 6 January 1853.
720:
An image of the ship appears on the coat-of-arms of the town of
568:
area. After the discovery, which Richards reported to Governor
271:
1273:
1118:
613:
554:
to prevent American soldiers from erecting fortifications on
501:
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 10 December 1856 under
478:
records the capture of a slaving vessel of unknown name by
983:"San Juan Island Pig War – Part 1 at History Link website"
971:"Capt. George Henry Richards: 1860 Sunshine Coast Survey"
761:
759:
757:
755:
753:
750:
433:
On 25 June 1850, she ran aground and was damaged off
1233:
List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
645:, Mrs Mary Richards, Lt W Moriarity (December 1860)
1004:"Brockton Point, BC at Lighthouse Friends website"
308:6 × 32-pdr (25cwt) muzzle-loading smooth-bore guns
305:2 × 32-pdr (56cwt) muzzle-loading smooth-bore guns
633:Standing: Dr David Lyall, Paymaster W H J Brown,
258:2-cylinder vertical single-expansion steam engine
1493:
716:for William Fitzwilliam Mudge, a ship's officer.
463:
661:region of British Columbia and Plumper Cove at
485:
386:
1259:
1104:
495:HMS Plumper at Port Harvey, Vancouver Island
909:
907:
1502:Victorian-era sloops of the United Kingdom
1266:
1252:
1111:
1097:
743:
741:
710:for the ship's engineer, Francis Brockton.
1275:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1850
1119:Early Royal Navy screw sloops (1843–1853)
940:
904:
860:
840:
800:. No. 8114. London. 14 August 1850.
623:
489:
403:
281:7.4 kn (13.7 km/h) under power
19:For other ships with the same name, see
738:
381:
1494:
789:
584:in Vancouver, after Francis Brockton.
572:, Richards named the area of the find
1247:
1092:
1025:"Town Crest – Town of Sidney website"
525:crisis between the United States and
69:
1085:(EPUB), Section P (Plumper, Pincher)
811:
809:
807:
667:Plumper Cove Marine Provincial Park
13:
1522:Pre-Confederation British Columbia
14:
1538:
931:The Navy List, Jul 1855, page 166
922:The Navy List, Oct 1853, page 160
874:
804:
774:The Navy List, Jan 1849, page 148
580:, at the east end of what is now
535:, which was commanded by Captain
236:14 ft 6 in (4.4 m)
1512:Survey vessels of the Royal Navy
1477:
1472:
688:Pender Harbour, British Columbia
674:Campbell River, British Columbia
558:and bringing in reinforcements.
70:
31:
1017:
996:
975:
963:
954:
934:
925:
916:
517:, having embarked a company of
350:
960:The Navy List Jan 57, page 164
854:
850:. 9 January 1855. p. 108.
834:
777:
768:
641:; Seated: Master E P Bedwell,
1:
1047:
950:. 21 July 1857. p. 2517.
616:for breaking on 2 June 1865.
503:Captain George Henry Richards
497:from a drawing by E P Bedwell
464:Second commission (1853–1856)
153:Sold for breaking 2 June 1865
870:. 18 May 1855. p. 1935.
731:
550:were dispatched by Governor
486:Third commission (1857–1861)
387:First commission (1848–1853)
7:
604:
10:
1543:
393:Admiral Sir Charles Napier
228: in (3.5 m) mean
18:
1517:Ships built in Portsmouth
1467:
1445:
1281:
1228:
1211:
1124:
821:at William Loney website"
619:
588:Commander Anthony Hoskins
449:on 9 June 1851 (with HMS
370:
157:
103:Re-ordered 12 August 1847
64:
30:
1507:Sloops of the Royal Navy
784:Illustrated London News
765:Lyon Winfield, page 213
414:Illustrated London News
398:Illustrated London News
158:General characteristics
16:Sloop of the Royal Navy
886:at the Naval Database"
646:
521:, was involved in the
498:
431:
418:
702:Richard Charles Mayne
680:, the ship's surgeon.
659:Southern Gulf Islands
627:
612:was sold to White of
493:
439:British North America
420:
407:
628:The officers of HMS
529:in 1859; along with
470:West Africa Squadron
445:on 14 June 1851 and
382:Commissioned Service
113:Portsmouth dockyard
947:The London Gazette
867:The London Gazette
847:The London Gazette
647:
499:
475:The London Gazette
435:Digby, Nova Scotia
419:
312:From October 1856:
1489:
1488:
1241:
1240:
1083:978-1-5267-9328-7
428:"A Naval Officer"
320:
319:
187:
59:in the late 1850s
1534:
1481:
1476:
1460:
1438:
1428:
1418:
1408:
1398:
1388:
1378:
1367:
1356:
1345:
1335:
1325:
1315:
1305:
1295:
1268:
1261:
1254:
1245:
1244:
1113:
1106:
1099:
1090:
1089:
1041:
1040:
1038:
1036:
1027:. Archived from
1021:
1015:
1014:
1012:
1010:
1000:
994:
993:
991:
989:
979:
973:
967:
961:
958:
952:
951:
938:
932:
929:
923:
920:
914:
911:
902:
901:
899:
897:
888:. Archived from
878:
872:
871:
858:
852:
851:
838:
832:
831:
829:
827:
813:
802:
801:
793:
787:
781:
775:
772:
766:
763:
748:
745:
726:Vancouver Island
562:Francis Brockton
429:
227:
226:
222:
219:
185:
145:17 December 1848
79:
74:
55:(background) at
35:
28:
27:
1542:
1541:
1537:
1536:
1535:
1533:
1532:
1531:
1492:
1491:
1490:
1485:
1463:
1452:
1446:Other incidents
1441:
1431:
1421:
1411:
1401:
1391:
1381:
1370:
1359:
1348:
1338:
1328:
1318:
1308:
1298:
1288:
1277:
1272:
1242:
1237:
1224:
1207:
1120:
1117:
1050:
1045:
1044:
1034:
1032:
1031:on 10 June 2017
1023:
1022:
1018:
1008:
1006:
1002:
1001:
997:
987:
985:
981:
980:
976:
968:
964:
959:
955:
939:
935:
930:
926:
921:
917:
912:
905:
895:
893:
892:on 5 March 2012
880:
879:
875:
859:
855:
839:
835:
825:
823:
815:
814:
805:
795:
794:
790:
786:, 14 April 1849
782:
778:
773:
769:
764:
751:
746:
739:
734:
700:for Lieutenant
678:Samuel Campbell
632:
622:
607:
556:San Juan Island
537:Geoffrey Hornby
488:
466:
430:
427:
417:, 14 April 1849
389:
384:
373:
353:
241:Installed power
224:
220:
217:
215:
75:
60:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1540:
1530:
1529:
1524:
1519:
1514:
1509:
1504:
1487:
1486:
1468:
1465:
1464:
1462:
1461:
1449:
1447:
1443:
1442:
1440:
1439:
1432:Unknown date:
1429:
1419:
1409:
1399:
1389:
1379:
1368:
1357:
1346:
1336:
1326:
1322:G. P. Griffith
1316:
1306:
1296:
1292:Royal Adelaide
1285:
1283:
1279:
1278:
1271:
1270:
1263:
1256:
1248:
1239:
1238:
1236:
1235:
1229:
1226:
1225:
1223:
1222:
1212:
1209:
1208:
1206:
1205:
1198:
1191:
1184:
1176:
1169:
1162:
1154:
1147:
1140:
1133:
1125:
1122:
1121:
1116:
1115:
1108:
1101:
1093:
1087:
1086:
1075:
1064:
1061:
1049:
1046:
1043:
1042:
1016:
995:
974:
969:Little, Gary.
962:
953:
933:
924:
915:
903:
873:
853:
833:
803:
788:
776:
767:
749:
736:
735:
733:
730:
718:
717:
711:
708:Brockton Point
705:
695:
681:
621:
618:
606:
603:
578:Brockton Point
487:
484:
465:
462:
425:
388:
385:
383:
380:
372:
369:
352:
349:
318:
317:
316:
315:
314: 12 guns
309:
306:
303:
302: 8 guns:
295:
291:
290:
287:
283:
282:
279:
275:
274:
269:
265:
264:
263:
262:
259:
254:
250:
249:
242:
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234:
230:
229:
212:
208:
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204:
200:
199:
196:
192:
191:
182:
178:
177:
174:
170:
169:
164:
160:
159:
155:
154:
151:
147:
146:
143:
139:
138:
135:
131:
130:
127:
123:
122:
119:
115:
114:
111:
107:
106:
105:
104:
101:
96:
92:
91:
85:
81:
80:
77:United Kingdom
67:
66:
62:
61:
41:(right), with
36:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1539:
1528:
1525:
1523:
1520:
1518:
1515:
1513:
1510:
1508:
1505:
1503:
1500:
1499:
1497:
1484:
1480:
1475:
1471:
1466:
1459:
1458:
1451:
1450:
1448:
1444:
1437:
1436:
1430:
1427:
1426:
1420:
1417:
1416:
1410:
1407:
1406:
1400:
1397:
1396:
1390:
1387:
1386:
1380:
1377:
1376:
1369:
1366:
1365:
1358:
1355:
1354:
1347:
1344:
1343:
1337:
1334:
1333:
1327:
1324:
1323:
1317:
1314:
1313:
1312:Anthony Wayne
1307:
1304:
1303:
1297:
1294:
1293:
1287:
1286:
1284:
1280:
1276:
1269:
1264:
1262:
1257:
1255:
1250:
1249:
1246:
1234:
1231:
1230:
1227:
1221:
1219:
1215:Followed by:
1214:
1213:
1210:
1204:
1203:
1199:
1197:
1196:
1192:
1190:
1189:
1185:
1183:
1181:
1177:
1175:
1174:
1170:
1168:
1167:
1163:
1161:
1159:
1155:
1153:
1152:
1148:
1146:
1145:
1141:
1139:
1138:
1134:
1132:
1131:
1127:
1126:
1123:
1114:
1109:
1107:
1102:
1100:
1095:
1094:
1091:
1084:
1080:
1076:
1073:
1072:9781473837430
1069:
1065:
1062:
1060:
1059:1-86176-032-9
1056:
1052:
1051:
1030:
1026:
1020:
1005:
999:
984:
978:
972:
966:
957:
949:
948:
943:
937:
928:
919:
910:
908:
891:
887:
885:
877:
869:
868:
863:
857:
849:
848:
843:
837:
822:
820:
812:
810:
808:
799:
796:"Ship News".
792:
785:
780:
771:
762:
760:
758:
756:
754:
744:
742:
737:
729:
727:
723:
715:
712:
709:
706:
703:
699:
696:
693:
692:Daniel Pender
689:
685:
684:Pender Island
682:
679:
675:
672:
671:
670:
668:
664:
660:
656:
655:Plumper Sound
652:
644:
640:
639:Daniel Pender
636:
635:Capt Richards
631:
626:
617:
615:
611:
602:
600:
596:
595:
589:
585:
583:
579:
575:
571:
570:James Douglas
567:
563:
559:
557:
553:
552:James Douglas
549:
548:
542:
538:
534:
533:
528:
524:
520:
519:Royal Marines
516:
512:
511:Burrard Inlet
508:
504:
496:
492:
483:
481:
477:
476:
471:
461:
459:
454:
452:
448:
444:
440:
436:
424:
416:
415:
410:
406:
402:
400:
399:
394:
379:
376:
368:
364:
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357:
348:
346:
342:
340:
335:
331:
327:
326:
313:
310:
307:
304:
301:
298:
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296:
293:
292:
288:
285:
284:
280:
277:
276:
273:
270:
267:
266:
260:
257:
256:
255:
252:
251:
248:(110 kW)
247:
243:
240:
239:
235:
233:Depth of hold
232:
231:
213:
210:
209:
205:
202:
201:
197:
194:
193:
190:
183:
180:
179:
175:
172:
171:
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165:
162:
161:
156:
152:
149:
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144:
141:
140:
136:
133:
132:
128:
125:
124:
120:
117:
116:
112:
109:
108:
102:
100:25 April 1847
99:
98:
97:
94:
93:
90:
86:
83:
82:
78:
73:
68:
63:
58:
54:
53:
47:
46:
40:
34:
29:
26:
22:
1456:
1434:
1423:
1414:
1404:
1393:
1384:
1374:
1363:
1352:
1350:
1342:Von der Tann
1341:
1331:
1321:
1311:
1302:Lady Denison
1301:
1291:
1217:
1201:
1194:
1187:
1179:
1172:
1165:
1164:
1157:
1150:
1143:
1136:
1129:
1033:. Retrieved
1029:the original
1019:
1007:. Retrieved
998:
986:. Retrieved
977:
965:
956:
945:
936:
927:
918:
894:. Retrieved
890:the original
883:
876:
865:
856:
845:
836:
824:. Retrieved
818:
798:The Standard
797:
791:
779:
770:
724:on southern
719:
714:Mudge Island
698:Mayne Island
665:(from which
663:Keats Island
653:, including
650:
648:
629:
609:
608:
598:
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181:Tons burthen
173:Displacement
142:Commissioned
137:5 April 1848
129:October 1847
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1435:Gallinipper
1009:13 November
988:13 November
942:"No. 22023"
896:13 November
862:"No. 21714"
842:"No. 21649"
826:13 November
443:Flor-do-Mar
214:11 ft
167:Screw sloop
48:(left) and
21:HMS Plumper
1527:1848 ships
1496:Categories
1282:Shipwrecks
1048:References
576:and named
286:Complement
272:Barque rig
253:Propulsion
1455:HMS
1395:Peterhoff
1373:HMS
1362:USS
1351:HMS
1144:Encounter
732:Citations
676:, for Dr
637:, Master
566:Vancouver
547:Satellite
451:Cormorant
300:As built:
268:Sail plan
244:148
126:Laid down
57:Esquimalt
50:HMS
45:Termagant
43:HMS
1457:Terrible
1425:Adelaide
1422:19 Dec:
1412:19 Nov:
1402:11 Nov:
1382:13 Oct:
1371:24 Sep:
1364:Yorktown
1349:25 Jul:
1339:21 Jul:
1329:18 Jun:
1319:17 Jun:
1309:28 Apr:
1299:17 Apr:
1289:30 Mar:
1158:Conflict
913:Winfield
747:Colledge
643:Lt Mayne
605:Disposal
590:brought
426:—
356:Plumper'
339:paid off
294:Armament
176:577 tons
134:Launched
1453:2 Jan:
1405:America
1392:1 Nov:
1385:Grecian
1360:6 Sep:
1353:Plumper
1218:Cruizer
1202:Malacca
1188:Miranda
1173:Reynard
1166:Plumper
1137:Phoenix
1130:Rattler
884:Plumper
819:PLumper
657:in the
651:Plumper
630:Plumper
610:Plumper
599:Plumper
541:Plumper
532:Tribune
527:Britain
523:Pig War
515:Plumper
480:Plumper
458:Emperor
345:Plumper
330:Pincher
325:Plumper
223:⁄
211:Draught
121:£20,446
110:Builder
95:Ordered
89:Plumper
65:History
39:Plumper
1415:Edmond
1375:Thetis
1180:Archer
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1035:17 May
722:Sidney
690:, for
620:Legacy
594:Hecate
539:, the
371:Trials
195:Length
1332:Orion
1220:class
1195:Brisk
1182:class
1160:class
1151:Niger
882:"HMS
817:"HMS
614:Cowes
447:Sarah
334:sloop
278:Speed
186:24/94
52:Alert
1483:1851
1470:1849
1079:ISBN
1068:ISBN
1055:ISBN
1037:2017
1011:2009
990:2009
898:2009
828:2009
686:and
592:HMS
545:HMS
543:and
323:HMS
203:Beam
184:490
163:Type
150:Fate
118:Cost
87:HMS
84:Name
37:HMS
453:).
289:100
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