HMS ''Racoon'' was a
steam corvette
Steam frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners, were steam-powered warships that were not meant to stand in the line of battle. There were some exceptions like for exam ...
.
History
''Racoon'' was launched on 25 April 1857 at
Chatham Dockyard
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. In July 1863 she ran aground in
Loch Ness
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and was damaged. She was repaired at
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
,
Hampshire
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.
In May 1874, ''Racoon'' ran aground at
Barbadoes
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.
''Racoon'' was broken up in 1877 at
Devonport, Plymouth
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.
was promoted to
lieutenant
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The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often sub ...
on 24 February 1863, and served under
Count Gleichen on the
corvette
A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ...
.
[Heathcote, p. 9.]
Gallery
File:H.M.S. Racoon PY0970 NMM 140917.jpg, ''Racoon'', by George Pechell Mends
George Pechell Mends (baptized 10 May 181515 September 1871) was an English sailor and amateur artist.
He joined the Royal Navy in 1824, first serving on his father's ship. After ten years, he became an officer and served on several other ships. ...
File:Racoon7561.jpg, ''Racoon'' in a gale, 10 December 1858
File:HM Steam-Corvette Racoon, 22 Guns - ILN 1863.jpg, HM Steam-Corvette ''Racoon'', 22 Guns, 1863.
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1857 ships
Pearl-class corvettes
Ships built in Sheerness
Maritime incidents in July 1863
Maritime incidents in May 1874