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HMS London two decker wooden converted
screw ship of the line designed by Sir William Symonds and launched 1840.
She took part in the bombardment of Fort Constantine at Sevastopol 1854
during the Crimean War but sustained damage. She was turned into a hulk at
Zanzibar in 1884.
Previous HMS London. Built at Shish
Deptford Dockyard but badly damaged by the Dutch and rebuilt in 1706. |
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The London - Two Decker Wooden Converted Screw Ship
of the Line photograph from W A Bieber. |
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HMS London in Zanzibar. Drawn in 1881.
Many thanks to Rod E.
© Rod E
This is how the ship looked after converted to steam
power and stationed in Zanzibar as Headquarters for the royal Navy. |
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Rod E has also sent in the service record of his
ancestor (above), who served on HMS St Vincent, Duke of Wellington, London
etc. He has pointed out the signature of Captain Brownrigg the year
before he was killed by slavers, and also the training ship Atalanta
shortly before it disappeared in 1880. The Captain of the Excellent
who also signed this service record in 1884 was J. A. Fisher (John
Arbuthnot Fisher), who later became the top Admiral (First Sea Lord) in
charge of the Royal Navy. (these signatures are off to the far right
hand side)
© Rod E |
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A List of "Dhows captured by boats of HMS
London" between September 1880 and September 1882.
© Rod E
Another great piece sent in by Rod E, whose ancestor
kept this record either as a clerk aboard the London, or for his share of
the prize money. Highlighted in green is a record of Captain
Brownrigg capturing a Dhow (arab slavers boat) on October 8th 1881.
He was killed shortly after this. The next highlighted record is of
the next captain "Luxmore" who took over after Brownrigg.
Many thanks to Rod for this great information. |
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90 gun London ended her days in 1884 at Zanzibar having spent 10 years as
a depot ship and headquarters of the naval force employed in the suppression
of the slave trade. In
1881 her captain (Brownrigg) was killed by slavers while patrolling off
Pemba in London's steam pinnace.
Three wounded members of her crew brought his body back to the
London. Many thanks to Alan Bedford
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