HMS Donegal (1858): Difference between revisions

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|Ship country=UKUnited Kingdom

|Ship flag=[[ImageFile:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|60px|Royal Navy Ensign]]

|Ship renamed=*14 January 1886 as ''Vernon''<br>
*Torpedo school ship as part of [[HMS Vernon (shore establishment)|HMS ''Vernon'']]

{{Infobox Shipship Characteristicscharacteristics

|Ship tons burthen=3,245 tons (2,944 t)

|Ship propulsion=*Screw propellors<br>
*3,103 horse-power (2,314 kW)<br>speed
*Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h)

Upon commissioning she sailed to [[Liverpool]] to recruit a crew. She then joined the [[Channel Fleet|Channel Squadron]], where she took part in a number of [[Fleet Review|fleet review]]s. In November 1861 she was one of a number of ships transporting troops to [[Mexico]], and in February 1862 she assisted the recovery of equipment and stores from the wreck of her sister [[HMS Conqueror (1855)|HMS ''Conqueror'']]. On 28 October 1859 [[William Hall (VC)|William Hall]] was awarded his [[Victoria Cross]] aboard the ''Donegal'' whilst she was anchored in [[Cobh|Queenstown]].<ref>States, David W. "William Hall VC of Horton Bluff, Nova Scotia Nineteenth Century Naval Hero", ''Collections of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society'' Vol. 44 (1996), p. 78</ref>

She spent several years as a coastguard vessel at Liverpool. She took the last surrender of the [[American Civil War]] on 6 November 1865 when the [[CSS Shenandoah|CSS ''Shenandoah'']] surrendered after travelling 9,000 miles (14,500 &nbsp;km) to do so. The ''Shenandoah'' had originally been in the [[Pacific Ocean]] when news reached her of the end of the Civil War, necessitating such a long voyage.<ref>[http://www.americancivilwar.org.uk/news_css-alabama-crew-of-the-british-isles_32.htm The confederate surrender] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928050330/http://www.americancivilwar.org.uk/news_css-alabama-crew-of-the-british-isles_32.htm |date=28 September 2006 }}</ref> On her next assignment she carried Vice-Admiral [[Henry Kellett|Sir Henry Kellett]] and a replacement crew to relieve [[HMS Ocean (18621863)|HMS ''Ocean'']], then on the [[China Station]] under Vice-Admiral [[Henry Keppel]]. She was then commanded by [[William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|Captain William Hewett]], seconded by [[JackieJohn Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher|John Fisher]]. In 1870 she became a tender to [[HMS Duke of Wellington (1852)|HMS ''Duke of Wellington'']], which was then a [[receiving ship]] in [[Portsmouth]]. ''Donegal'' was [[paid off]] on 30 September 1870.

She remained in this role until the torpedo school moved onshore in 1923, and ''Donegal'' was sold for scrapping on 18 May 1925 to Pounds, of Portsmouth. Some of the timbers and panelling were used to rebuild the ''Prince of Wales'' public house (reopened as ''The Old Ship'' in 2007) in [[Brighouse]] in 1926.<ref>{{cite book | last = Nortcliffe | first = David | year = 1990 | title = Buildings of Brighouse | publisher = Brighouse Civic Trust | location = [[Brighouse]]}}</ref>.

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070623230024/http://www.soskan.co.uk/gb_acw.htm Another report of the Shenandoah's surrender]

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