HMS Sulphur (1826)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sulphur.
HMS Sulphur was a 10-gun Hecla-class bomb vessel of the British Royal Navy, famous as one of the ships in which Edward Belcher explored the Pacific coast of the Americas.
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Name | HMS Sulphur |
Ordered | 18 May 1819 |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard, Kent |
Laid down | May 1824 |
Launched | 26 January 1826 |
Completed | 21 February 1826 |
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Fate | Broken up by 20 November 1857 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hecla-class bomb vessel |
Tons burthen | 372 1⁄94 tons bm |
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Beam | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 10 in (4.22 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged |
Complement | 67 |
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