William Loney RN

the name of the ship (see this note about other ships with the same name), with a link to the entry in my general data on mid-Victorian ships (with any additional career data I may have)
a brief description of the ship
references to the musters, logs or other documents in the collection of the National Archives
references to any illustrations in the collection of the National Maritime Museum (NMM)
dates of William or Edward Loney's service in the ship (with link to an extract of the ship's log of the period)
a link to the officers serving in the ship during the period

See here for an explanation of some of the tabulated data (and go here for a complete list of ships of the mid-Victorian navy).

Wanderer	Second class brig, 16 guns	N. Arch.	19 November 1839 - 15 September 1840	Officers
Class	Racer class (1832)
Type	second class brig
Designer	Symonds
Length on lower deck	100'6"
Length of keel for tonnage	78'7"
Breadth	32'4"
Depth in hold	15'4"
Tons (b.m.)	428
Yard	Chatham Dockyard
Date ordered	1832? (20.04.1833?)
Date keel laid	02.1833
Date launched	10.07.1835
Men (1840)	115: 71 officers and men, 24 boys, 20 marines
Guns	2x18(or 9) + 14x32*
Fate	Broken up: 1850
Others in class	Racer, Harlequin, Ringdove, Wolverine, Sappho, Lily, Liberty, Squirrel
Notes

Persian	Second class brig, 16 guns	N. Arch.	NMM	16 September 1840 - 8 January 1841	Officers
Class	Pilot/Acorn class (1836)
Type	second class brig
Designer	Symonds
Length on lower deck	105'
Length of keel for tonnage	82'2 3/4"
Breadth	33'6"
Depth in hold	14'10"
Tons (b.m.)	481
Yard	Pembroke Dockyard
Date ordered	1836?
Date keel laid	05.1838
Date launched	07.10.1839
Men	110
Guns	2x18(or 32) + 14x32*
Fate	Broken up: 1866
Others in class	Pilot, Grecian, Fantome, Acorn, Arab, Albatross, Bittern, Mariner, Elk, Despatch, Heron, Martin/Marten, Kangaroo (ex Dove)
Notes

Dolphin	Brig, 3 guns	N. Arch.	NMM	9 January 1841 - 29 November 1842	Officers
Class	Pandora/Bonetta class (1832)
Type	brig/brigantine
Designer	Symonds
Length on lower deck	90'
Length of keel for tonnage	71'5"
Breadth	29'3"
Depth in hold	13'10"
Tons (b.m.)	319
Yard	Sheerness Dockyard
Date ordered	1834?
Date keel laid	10.1834
Date launched	14.06.1836
Men (1841)	55: 37 officers and men, 10 boys, 8 marines
Guns	various, finaly 3x32
Fate	Transferred to Coastguard as "WV3": 1861 Broken up: 1894
Others in class	Pandora, Bonetta, Spy, Rapid, Sealark, Dart
Notes

Penelope	1st class steam frigate, paddle, 22 guns (ex-5th rate frigate)	N. Arch.	NMM	22 February 1845 - 29 July 1845	Officers
Data before conversion
Class	Leda class (1794)
Type	5th rate frigate
Designer	built to the lines of the French Hebe (taken 1782)
Length on lower deck	150'1 ½"
Length of keel for tonnage	125'2 7/8"
Breadth	39'9"
Depth in hold	13'9"
Tons (b.m.)	1053
Yard	Chatham Dockyard
Date ordered	1817? at Pembroke Dockyard but not begun?; 26.05.1827
Date keel laid	11.1827
Date launched	13.10.1829
Men	284
Guns	UD 28x18, QD 8x9 + 6x32, FC 2x9 + 232
Others in class	Leda, Pomone, Shannon, Leonidas, Surprise, Briton, Lacedemonian, Tenedos, Lively, Amphitrite, Diamond, Thetis, Arethusa, Blanche, Trincomalee, Fisguard, Venus, Melampus, Amazon, Minerva, Latona, Nercus, Diana, Hamadryad, Aeolus=Eolus, Thisbe, Hebe, Cerberus, Circe, Clyde, Thames, Fox, Unicorn, Daedalus, Proserpine, Mermaid, Mercury, Thalia
Date converted	06.1842 - 04.1843
Data after conversion
Type	1st class steam frigate
Designer	John Edye
Length	215'2"
Beam	40'9"
Depth	26'8"
Draught for'd	19'3"
Draught aft	20'3 ½"
Tons (b.m.)	1616
Yard	Chatham Dockyard
Engines	Seaward and Capel
Boilers	4 tubular boilers at 8 lb/sq in
Nominal Horse Power	650
Type engine	direct, 2 cylinder
Speed in trials	ca 11 kts
Guns (1843)	MD 2+42/84cwt pivot + 10+42/2cwt*; UD 10x8"/65cwt
Guns (1856)	MD 10+8"/65cwt; UD 2x10"/84cwt pivot + 4x8"/52cwt
Guns (1862)	MD 8x32/50cwt; UD 2x110/82cwt RBL pivot + 2x64/71cwt RML
Fate	Sold: 1864
Notes	Earliest first class paddle frigate; only conversion of sailing frigate to paddle. As paddle: barque-rigged with iron wire for standing rigging; one funnel.

Pantaloon	Brig, 10 guns	N. Arch.	30 July 1845 - 11 May 1846	Officers
Class	-
Type	brig
Designer	Symonds
Length on lower deck	90'
Length of keel for tonnage	71'4 1/4"
Breadth	29'4 1/4"
Depth in hold	12'8"
Tons (b.m.)	323
Yard	Troon
Date ordered	-
Date keel laid	?
Date launched	1831
Men (1845)	80: 55 officers and men, 13 boys, 12 marines
Guns	2x6 + 8x18*
Fate	Broken up: 1852
Others in class	-
Notes	Built as Duke of Portland's yacht Purchased by the Navy: 05.12.1831

Amphitrite	6th rate corvette, 26 guns (ex-5th rate frigate)	N. Arch.	NMM	16 July 1847 - 26 July 1850	Officers
Class	Leda class (1794)
Type	originally: 5th rate frigate
Designer	built to the lines of the French Hebe (taken 1782)
Length on lower deck	150'1 ½"
Length of keel for tonnage	125'2 7/8"
Breadth	39'9"
Depth in hold	13'9"
Tons (b.m.)	1053
Yard	Bombay Dockyard
Date ordered	1812?
Date keel laid	08.1814
Date launched	14.04.1816
Men	284
Men (in 1848)	240: 176 officers and men, 33 boys, 29 marines
Guns	UD 28x18, QD 8x9 + 6x32, FC 2x9 + 2x32
Fate	Broken up: 1875
Others in class	Leda, Pomone, Shannon, Leonidas, Surprise, Briton, Lacedemonian, Tenedos, Lively, Diamond, Thetis, Arethusa, Blanche, Trincomalee, Fisguard, Venus, Melampus, Amazon, Minerva, Latona, Nercus, Diana, Hamadryad, Aeolus=Eolus, Thisbe, Hebe, Cerberus, Circe, Clyde, Thames, Fox, Unicorn, Daedalus, Proserpine, Mermaid, Mercury, Penelope, Thalia
Notes	Details here as originally built Teal built Cut down to a 6th-rate corvette, 26 guns: 1846 Transferred to the Coastguard: 1857 Lent by Coastguard to War Officer contractor for the forts at Portsmouth: ±1865

Apollo	Troopship, 8 guns (ex-5th rate frigate, 46 guns)	N. Arch.	25 January 1851 - 20 August 1851	Officers
Class	Lively class (1799)
Type	originally: 5th rate frigate
Designer	Sir William Rule
Length on lower deck	154'
Length of keel for tonnage	129'8"
Breadth	39'5"
Depth in hold	13'6"
Tons (b.m.)	1072
Yard	Parsons, Bursledon
Date ordered	1803?
Date keel laid	04.1804
Date launched	27.06.1805
Men	284/300
Men (in 1850)	116: 90 officers and men, 18 boys, 8 marines
Guns	UD 28x18, QD 2x9 + 12x32, FC 2x9 + 2x32
Fate	Broken up: 1856
Others in class	Lively, Resistance, Horatio, Spartan, Statira, Hussar, Undaunted, Menelaus, Nisus, Macedonian, Crescent, Bacchante, Nymphe, Sirius, Laurel
Notes	To be converted to a Royal Yacht, but conversion not completed: 1822 Troopship: 1838 Storeship: 1853

Hydra	Steam sloop, paddle, 6 guns	N. Arch.	17 January 1852 - 10 May 1856	Officers
Class	Hydra class
Type	2nd class steam sloop
Designer	Symonds, John Edye
Length	165'
Beam	32'10"
Depth	20'4"
Draught for'd	12'1"
Draught aft	13'
Tons (b.m.)	817
Tons (disp.)	1096
Yard	Chatham Dockyard
Engines	Boulton and Watt beam engine
Boilers	Iron tubular, mfg. Woolwich Dockyard
Nominal Horse Power	220
Coal	356 tons
Salt provisions	3 months
Bread provisions	3 months
Water	31 tons, 18 cwt
Speed in trials	ca 9 kts
Date laid down	01.1838
Date launched	06.1838
Date completed	1839
Men	135: 21 officers, 27 petty officers, 48 men (including 12 stokers), 19 boys, 20 marines
Guns as completed	2x68 (95cwt pivot) + 2x32 (25cwt) or 2x18" (65cwt) + 2x32 (50cwt) (accounts differ)
Guns 1842-1851	2x10" (84cwt pivot) + 2x32 (34cwt)
Guns 1852-1856	2x10" (84cwt pivot, 9ft) + 4x32 (25cwt, 6ft)
Guns 1862	1x110 (82cwt RBL pivot) + 1x10" (84cwt pivot) + 4x32(17cwt)
Fate	Broken up: 05.1870
Others in class	Hecate, Hecla
Notes	Much overweight as completed, the guns were usually landed for a long voyage. Carried coal for 2400 miles (ten days) at full power. Said to be good sea boats.

Melampus	5th rate frigate, 42 guns	N. Arch.	17 December 1856 - 28 February 1858	Officers
Class	Leda class (1794)
Type	5th rate frigate
Designer	built to the lines of the French Hebe (taken 1782)
Length on lower deck	150'1½"
Length of keel for tonnage	125'2 7/8"
Breadth	39'9"
Depth in hold	13'9"
Tons (b.m.)	1053
Yard	Pembroke Yard
Date ordered	23.04.1817
Date keel laid	08.1817
Date launched	10.08.1820
Men	284
Men (1858)	90: 9 officers, 6 petty officers, 28 men, 32 boys (1st and 2nd class), 15 marines
Guns	UD 28x18, QD 8x9 + 6x32, FC 2x9 + 2x32
Guns (1858)	UD 16x32 (42 cwt, 6'0")
Fate	Sold: 1906
Others in class	Leda, Pomone, Shannon, Leonidas, Surprise, Briton, Lacedemonian, Tenedos, Lively, Diamond, Thetis, Arethusa, Blanche, Trincomalee, Fisguard, Venus, Amphitrite, Amazon, Minerva, Latona, Nercus, Diana, Hamadryad, Aeolus=Eolus, Thisbe, Hebe, Cerberus, Circe, Clyde, Thames, Fox, Unicorn, Daedalus, Proserpine, Mermaid, Mercury, Penelope, Thalia
Notes	to War Office as ???: 1886 to Admiralty: 1891 Ordinance Store at Chatham: 1895

Arrogant	Screw frigate, 47 guns	N. Arch.	NMM	1 March 1858 - 22 August 1859	Officers
Class	-
Type	screw frigate
Designer	John Fincham
Engines	Penn and Son, horizontal trunk
Boilers	Iron, tubular, mfg. Portsmouth Dockyard
Nominal Horse Power	360
Coal	230 tons in boxes
Water	100 tons
Salt provisions	170 days
Bread provisions	180 days
Speed in trials	8.64 kts
Length	200'
Beam	45' 8"
Depth	15' 1"
Tons (b.m.)	1872
Yard	Portsmouth Dockyard
Date ordered	?
Date laid down	?
Date launched	05.04.1848
Men (1859)	155: 22 officers, 21 petty officers, 67 men, 25 boys (1st and 2nd class), 20 marines
Guns	47: MD 14x32 (56cwt 9'6") + 14x8" (65cwt 9'0"), QD 2x32 (50cwt 9'0"), FC 10x32 (32cwt 6'6") + 1x68 (96cwt 10'0") + 6x32 (32cwt 6'6")
Fate	Broken up: 1867
Others in class	None
Notes

Dauntless	Screw frigate, 31 guns	N. Arch.	NMM	23 August 1859 - 18 January 1860	Officers
Class	-
Type	screw frigate
Designer	John Fincham
Engines	Robert Napier, horizontal fitted gearing
Boilers	Iron, tubular, mfg. Portsmouth Dockyard
Nominal Horse Power	580
Length on lower deck	?
Length of keel for tonnage	?
Breadth	?
Depth in hold	?
Tons (b.m.)	2520
Yard	?
Date ordered	?
Date keel laid	?
Date launched	1847
Men (1860)	165: 21 officers, 16 petty officers, 83 men, 25 boys (1st and 2nd class), 20 marines
Guns	31: MD 2x32 (56cwt) + 20x8" (52cwt), QD 8x32 (45cwt) + 1x68 (95cwt)
Fate	Sold: 1885
Others in class	-
Notes

Emerald	Screw frigate, 35 guns	N. Arch.	16 July 1860 - 2 April 1861	Officers
Data before conversion
Class	Emerald class (1848)
Type	Frigate, 60 guns
Designer	John Edye & Isaac Watts
Length on lower deck	185'
Length of keel for tonnage	152'2 1/8"
Breadth	52'
Depth in hold	15'8"
Tons (b.m.)	2147
Yard	Deptford Dockyard
Date ordered	30.03.1848
Date keel laid	04.06.1849
Date "not be be advanced"	1851
Date order to convert to screw	24.05.1854
Men	500
Guns	UD 30x8", QD+FC 20x32(8½") + 2x32(9½"), waist 8x32(8")
Others in class	Melpomene, Imperieuse, Immortalite
Data after conversion
Date start of conversion	29.05.1854
Date launched	19.07.1856
Date in active service	01.06.1859
Type	screw frigate
Hull	Wood
Length on lower deck	237'0"
Length of keel for tonnage	202'3 5/8"
Breadth	16'8"
Tons (b.m.)	2913
Engines	Ravenhill, Salkeld & Co.
Horse Power	600
Type engine	Horizontal, direct action
Boiler	Iron, tubular
Speed in trials	?
Date	20.11(?).1856: Sheerness. Fitted for 2^nd class steam reserve
Date	11.06.1858: Sheerness. Fitted for 1^st division of steam ordinary
Date	1864: in reserve
Men (1860)	570: 42 officers, 72 petty officers, 329 seamen, 47 boys (1^st and 2^nd class), 70 marines
Guns (1860)	MD 30x8" (65cwt, 9'), QD 12x32 (58cwt, 9'6"), FC 8x32 (58cwt, 9'6") + 1x68 (95cwt, 10')
Coal in coal boxes	310 tons
Coal elsewhere	none
Water in tanks	69 tons
Salt provisions for	105 days
Bread for	60 days
Fate	19.12.1868: Sheerness. In the Medway, locked up in accordance with Admiralty Order. 25.10.1869: Admiralty. Sheerness to forward a valuation of the stores on board for selling. 02.12.1869: Sold by public auction at Lloyds' together with hull to M^essrs Castle and Sons [uncertain?] for £9000
Note	The launch date given in the PRO description of the Ships Book ADM 135/152 (1854) is incorrect (probably due to misreading the data in the header of folio 10)

Cumberland	Two decker, 24 guns (ex 3rd rate, 70 guns)	N. Arch.	NMM	3 April 1861 - 14 April 1864	Officers
Class	Boscawen class (1834)
Type	two decker, 3rd rate, 70 guns
Designer	Symonds
Length on lower deck	180'
Length of keel for tonnage	146'8"
Breadth	54'
Depth in hold	22'4"
Tons (b.m.)	2212
Yard	Chatham Dockyard
Date ordered	1836?
Date keel laid	04.1836
Date launched	21.10.1842
Men	620
Guns (originally?)	GD 24x32 + 2x68, MD 28x32, QD 8x32, FC 4x32, RH 4x18(*?)
Guns (1842)	GD 22x32/56cwt + 4x8"/65cwt, MD 26x32/50cwt + 2x8"/65cwt, QD+FC+RH 16x32/42cwt
Fate	Destroyed by fire: 1889
Others in class	Boscawen
Notes	Sheer hulk at Sheerness: 1863 Training ship in the Clyde for the Clyde Industrial Training Ship Association: 1869

Glasgow	Screw frigate, 28 guns	N. Arch.	24 May 1871 - 10 November 1872	Officers
Class	Immortalité
Type	4th rate screw frigate
Hull	Wood
Designer	Surveyors Dept.
Length between perps.	250' 6"
Length of keel for tonnage	414' 7 5/8"
Breadth (moulded)	50'9"
Depth in hold	19' 2"
Tons (b.m.)	3037
Tons (disp.	3984
Yard	Portsmouth (Conway's All the worlds fighting ships 1860-1905 = Woolwich)
Engines	Ravenhill & Salkeld
Horse Power (nominal?)	600
Indicated Horse Power	2020
Type engine	Direct action, horizontal
Boiler	Tubular, brass
Speed in trials	11.54 kts
Date ordered	31 March 1855
Date keel laid	12 September 1859
Date launched	28 March 1861
Men (1869)	540
Men (1871)	515: 47 officers, 75 petty officers, 272 seamen, 46 1st & 2nd class boys, 75 marines
Water in tanks	81 tons
Salt for	100 days
Bread for	75 days
Guns (initially)	MD 30x8"(65cwt/9'0"); UD 18x32(58cwt/9'6") + 2 pivot + 1
Guns (1871)	MD 4 x 7" MLR(6.5ton/11') + 18 x 64 MLR(71cwt/9'10"); UD 6x64 MLR(71cwt/9'10" 4 chase, 2 side)
Fate	Sold 1884
Others in class	Immortalité, Bristol, Newcastle, Undaunted
Notes	Sources: ship's book ADM 135/194, ship's log ADM 53/10384 and muster book ADM 38/6295

Express	(ex-packet) brig, 6 guns	N. Arch.	26 July 1851 - 15 March 1852	Officers
Class	Star
Type	Brig
Designer	Symonds
Length on lower deck	95'
Length of keel for tonnage	74'10"
Breadth	30'3"
Depth in hold	14'10"
Tons (b.m.)	358
Yard	Colston, Depford
Date ordered	1834?
Date keel laid	09.1834
Date launched	08.10.1835
Men	44/80
Guns	as packet 3*? 2x6 + 4x128 later: 6x23
Fate	Sold 11.01.1862 to Marshall, Plymouth
Others in class	Star, Ranger, Swift, Linnet, Alert, Penguin, Peterel, Crane, Ferret, Philomel, Cygnet, Heroine, Hound
Notes	Built as three masted packet

Imaum	Hulk, receiving ship	N. Arch.	16 March 1852 - 16 January 1853	Officers
Class
Type	3rd rate sailing ship, 76 guns (built as East Indiaman)
Designer	?
Length on lower deck	177'
Length of keel for tonnage	145'5¾"
Breadth	48'4"
Depth in hold	21
Tons (b.m.)	1776
Yard	East India Company, Bombay
Date ordered
Date keel laid
Date launched	10.11.1826
Date acquired by Royal Navy	09.03.1836
Date hulked	1842
Men
Guns (initially in RN)	76
Guns (as hulk)	?
Fate	Broken up at Jamaica 1863
Others in class	None
Notes	ex-East Indiaman "Liverpool"; presented to the Royal Navy by the Imam of Muscat in 1836 Hulked as receiving ship at Port Royal, Jamaica

Buzzard	Wooden paddle sloop, 6 guns	N. Arch.	16 January 1853 - 9 December 1855	Officers
Class
Type	Wooden paddle sloop
Designer
Length	185' 0"
Beam	34'0"
Depth	20"0'
Draught for'd
Draught aft
Tons (b.m.)	980
Tons (disp.)	1530
Yard	Pembroke
Engines	Miller, oscillating
Boilers
Nominal Horse Power	300
Coal
Salt provisions
Bread provisions
Water
Speed in trials	10 kts
Date laid down	Oct 1847
Date launched	24 Mar 1849
Date completed	1851 (at Devonport)
Men
Guns as completed	2x10" (84cwt) + 4x32 (25cwt)
Guns later	1x68 (95cwt) + 1x10" (84cwt) + 4x32 (25cwt)
Guns later	1x110 (82cwt RBL) + 1x10" (84cwt) + 4x32 (25cwt)
Fate	Broken up 1883
Others in class
Notes

Eurydice	6th rate frigate, 26 guns	N. Arch.	25 August 1855 - 5 December 1855	Officers
Class
Type
Designer	John Edye
Length on lower deck	141'
Length of keel for tonnage
Breadth	39'
Depth in hold
Tons (b.m.)	908
Tons (disp.)	921
Yard	Portsmouth
Date ordered
Date keel laid
Date launched	16.05.1843
Men	24 officers, 39 petty officers, 105 seamen, 33 boys, 29 marines = 230
Water in tanks	84 tons
Water in casks	6 tons
Salt for	140 days
Bread for	100 days
Guns	MD 2x8" (52cwt/8'0") + 16x32 (40cwt/7'6"); QD 2x32 (42 cwt/8'0") + 6x32 (25 cwt/6'0")
Fate	Foundered off Isle of Wight: 24 March 1878
Others in class
Notes	Converted to training ship for ordinary seamen in 1877 (or 1861?); recommissioned 7 Feb 1877

Caesar	Screw 2nd rate, 90 guns	N. Arch.	28 June 1858 - 21 July 1861	Officers
Class	Caesar
Type	Screw 2nd rate
Hull	Wood
Designer	Committee of Reference
Length between perps.	207'4"
Length of keel for tonnage	170'7"
Breadth (moulded)	56'
Depth in hold	23'4"
Tons (b.m.)	2761
Tons (disp.)
Yard	Pembroke
Engines	Penn
Horse Power	400
Indicated Horse Power	1420
Type engine
Boiler
Speed in trials	10.274 kt
Date ordered	18.10.1848
Date keel laid	08.48
Conversion to steam	22.11.1852
Date launched	08-10.08.1853
Men	53 officers, 80 petty officers, 507 seamen, 64 boys, 150 marines = 850
Water in tanks	138 tons
Water in casks	20 tons
Salt for	3 months
Bread for	3 months
Guns	LD 20x8" (65cwt/9'0") & 12x32 (58cwt/9'6"); MD 8x8" (65cwt/9'0") & 24x32 (58cwt/9'6"); QD 16x32 (42 cwt/8'0"); FC 10x32 (42 cwt/8'0")
Fate	Sold for £8893 to C.J. Mare 09.04.1870
Others in class	None
Notes	Took two days to launch

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