HMS Cadmus (1856) explained

HMS Cadmus was a wooden screw corvette launched on 20 May 1856 at Chatham Dockyard. On 4 January 1865, she ran aground at Chatham, Kent. She was refloated.[1] Cadmus struck rocks at Salcombe on 5 June 1869 and was severely damaged.[2] She was consequently beached. She was taken in to Plymouth the next day.[3] She was broken up in 1879 at Devonport.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Naval and Military Intelligence . Morning Post . London . 6 January 1865 . 28412 . 5 .
  2. Web site: HMS Cadmus : Figureheads. 2021-05-11. figureheads.ukmcs.org.uk.
  3. News: Shipping . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 7 June 1869 . 6666 .
  4. Web site: Davis . Peter . Cadmus . William Loney RN - Victorian naval surgeon . 20 November 2019.

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