h m screw line of battle ship caeser 91 guns at portsmouth Two-decker 2nd rate Type 1854
Type 2nd rate Type Two-decker 7 August 1853 Launched at Pembroke Dockyard Converted to screw on the stocks Hull Wooden Length 208 feet Propulsion Screw Men 860 Builders measure 2767 tons Displacement 3250 tons Guns 91 Fate 1870 Last in commission 1862 14 June 1858 28 June 1859 Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Captain Charles Frederick, Channel squadron, then (June 1858) central America, then (October 1859) Mediterranean (ship's log) 2 July 1859 The gear for the six sail of the line ordered to be prepared, as reported by our Portsmouth correspondent some time since, is nearly complete. The ships thus believed to be intended for the Channel fleet of next year are the following These, it is believed, will be the chief members of any Channel squadron commissioned, and the necessity for recruiting in the navy has became as necessary as in the army, for the Chesapeake left on Thursday without her full complement, and the Ganges, 84, flagship of Rear-Admiral Baynes, , for the Pacific command, is hors de combat at Spithead from, the same cause. Men won't enter, and boys are not very likely to be picked up if the 2 l. for their outfit is insisted upon as necessary to insure entry if found otherwise qualified. Her Majesty's ship Caesar, 91, screw, captain Frederick, is being prepared for foreign service at Devonport. It is probable that she will be ordered to reinforce the Mediterranean squadron. The screw steamship Caesar, 90, Captain Charles Frederick, and the screw steamship Diadem, 32, Captain William Moorsom sailed from Plymouth on Thursday for the West Indies. The screw steamship Caesar, 91, Captain Frederick, and the first-class heavy ordnance steam frigate Diadem, 32, Captain Moorsom, both from Havannah, May 19, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Wednesday afternoon, as reported in The Times of yesterday. They left England October, 21 for the West Indies, and have been employed principally off Greytown. Several young officers, chiefly mates, for th
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