HMS Messenger (1830)

HMS Messenger was a wooden paddle ship and was launched in 1824 as Duke of York and renamed Messenger when purchased by the Royal Navy in 1830. She passed Gibraltar in 1830, according to Earl of Beaconsfield's letters enroute to Cadiz, Spain. It was reported Benjamin Disraeli was on the boat.[1] She was broken up in 1861.[2]

History
United Kingdom
Class and type: Paddle steamer
Name: HMS Messenger
In service: 1830
Fate: Broken up 1861
General characteristics
Propulsion: Screw
The Arrival of Their Royal Highnesses The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria on board the Emerald, tender to the RY Royal George, towed by the Messenger. in Plymouth Sound, 2 August 1835

References
  1. Disraeli, B.; Disraeli, R. (1887). Lord Beaconsfield's Letters, 1830-1852. Murray. p. 14. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  2. "Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Messenger". pdavis.nl. Retrieved 2019-11-22.


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