HMS Modeste (1837)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Modeste.

HMS Modeste was a British Royal Navy corvette commissioned in 1838 and sold in 1866.

Modeste
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Modeste
Ordered	6 February 1837
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Cost	£15,042
Laid down	May 1837
Launched	31 September 1837
Commissioned	10 March 1838
Fate	Sold March 1866
General characteristics
Class and type	Modeste-class corvette
Tons burthen	562 30⁄94 tons bm
Length	120 ft (36.6 m) (overall) 98 ft 7 in (30.0 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 1 in (10.1 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft 2 in (4.32 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	150
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 32-pounder guns

Operations

Mouth of the Peiho, from the pinnace of HMS Modeste, 11 August 1840.

The Modeste was a part of the British forces engaged in the First Opium War against the Qing Empire.

References

• Lyon, David and Rif Winfield. The Sail and Steam Navy List: All of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham Publishing. 2004, p. 120.

External links

• Picture of model at National Maritime Museum Greenwich