HMS ''Carysfort'' was a sixth-rate

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of the

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, launched in 1836 and named for the

Earl of Carysfort Earl of Carysfort was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for John Proby, 2nd Baron Carysfort. The Proby family descended from Sir Peter Proby, Lord Mayor of London in 1622. His great-great-grandson John Proby represente ...

, who had been a former (civilian)

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. Her captain,

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, occupied the Hawaiian Islands for five months in 1843. She was decommissioned in 1847 and finally broken up in 1861.

Launch

She was originally ordered from Pembroke Dock on 29 June 1831 as a frigate of the 709-ton ''Andromache'' class, but on 24 June 1832 the design was amended and the ''Carysfort'' was re-ordered as a unit of the new 912-ton ''Vestal'' class. After launching, she was taken to Sheerness Dockyard where she was completed fitting on 18 February 1837.

Under Byam Martin

From 21 November 1836 she was under command of Captain

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(son of Sir

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). Martin sailed her for the

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on 12 March 1837. On 26 September 1840 she joined in action off

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during the Syrian War and took part in the capture of Acre on 3 November 1840.

Under Paulet

(1803–1879) became her captain on 28 December 1841 in the

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under Rear Admiral

Richard Darton Thomas Admiral Richard Darton Thomas (3 June 1777 – 21 August 1857) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and went on to become Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in the 1840s. Biog ...

(1777–1857). From February through July 1843 he took control of the government of the Kingdom of Hawaii. This became known as the

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. Admiral Thomas restored the king, as Paulet had only been given instructions to investigate claims against British subjects in the islands.

Under Seymour

Captain George Henry Seymour took command of ''Carysfort'' on 12 December 1845. He remained her captain until 1848.

Notable passengers

Sir

Charles Augustus Fitzroy Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, (10 June 179616 February 1858) was a British military officer, politician and member of the aristocracy, who held governorships in several British colonies during the 19th century. Family and peerage Charles was b ...

, his wife the Right Honourable Lady Mary and their second son George, made the voyage on the ''Carysfort'' from London to Sydney, where Sir Charles took up his position as the tenth Governor of New South Wales. They arrived on 2 August 1846.

Fate

In 1847 she was laid up at Pembroke Dock and decommissioned. On 22 November 1861 she was sold to Messrs. Ritherdon & Thompson (for £1,200) to be broken up.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carysfort, HMS (1836) Sixth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy Ships built in Pembroke Dock 1836 ships