figurehead of Cadmus (far left) at Devonport DockyardHMS Cadmus circa 1860's
HMS Cadmus was a wooden screw corvette launched on 20 May 1856 at Chatham Dockyard.[1] On 4 January 1865, she ran aground at Chatham, Kent. She was refloated.[2]Cadmus struck rocks at Salcombe on 5 June 1869 and was severely damaged.[3] She was consequently beached. She was taken in to Plymouth the next day.[4] She was broken up in 1879 at Devonport.[1]
Citations
^ abDavis, Peter. "Cadmus". William Loney RN - Victorian naval surgeon. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
^"Naval and Military Intelligence". Morning Post. No. 28412. London. 6 January 1865. p. 5.
^"Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6666. Liverpool. 7 June 1869.
References
Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC52620555.