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in August–September 1854. She also undertook survey work along the Canadian Pacific coast. She returned to England in 1855 and was part of the
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Returning to England on 28 June 1871, upon arrival she was laid up at Sheerness. She was scrapped at Chatham Dockyard in 1876.
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Insurrection at Magellan. Narrative of the Imprisonment and Escape of Capt. Chas. H. Brown, from the Chilian Convicts
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ran aground in the East Swin, in the Thames Esturary. Repairs cost £30. She was sent to the
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This article about a specific naval ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a
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The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889
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arriving in November 1843 serving until 1847. Upon returning to
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
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HMS Virago

Royal Navy Ensign
Chatham Dockyard
Driver-class
sloop
bm
nhp
Brig-rigged
68-pounder guns
Royal Navy
Driver-class
sloop
Chatham Dockyard
Mediterranean Station
England

Straits of Magellan
Pacific Station
Willam Stewart
Chilean
Meteoro
Punta Arenas
Strait of Magellan
subject to a mutiny
siege of Petropavlovsk
Crimean War
Channel Squadron
West Indies Station
Australia Station

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