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HMS Charybdis (1859)
HMS ''Charybdis'' was a 21-gun Royal Navy Pearl class corvette, ''Pearl''-class Corvette (ship), corvette launched on 1 July 1859 at Chatham Dockyard.Bastock, pp.48-49. She served on the East Indies Station and the China Station between 1860 and 1861. She sailed to Vancouver in early 1862 joining the Pacific Station. She served at the Pacific Station until 1867, when she was assigned to the Australia Station arriving in March 1867. She left the Australia Station on November 1868 and returned to the Pacific Station in early 1869. On 30 March, she was driven ashore. Repairs cost £843. As part of the Royal Navy's 1869 Flying Squadron, she visited a number of ports in South America, Australia and Japan before returning to Vancouver. On 23 February 1870, ''Charybdis'' ran aground between Blunden Island and Pender Island, Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871), Colony of British Columbia. Repairs cost £227. Nobody was found to be to blame for the grounding. In 1870 she sailed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esquimalt
The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquimalt Harbour and Royal Roads, to the northwest by the New Songhees 1A Indian reserve and the town of View Royal, and to the north by a narrow inlet of water called the Gorge, across which is the district municipality of Saanich, British Columbia, Saanich. It is almost tangential to Esquimalt 1 Indian Reserve near Admirals Road. It is one of the 13 municipalities of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Greater Victoria and part of the Capital Regional District. Esquimalt had a population of 17,533 in 2021. It covers . It is CFB Esquimalt, home to the Pacific fleet of the Royal Canadian Navy. History The region now known as Esquimalt was settled by First Nations in Canada, First Nations people approximately 4000 ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
