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==History==
==History==
''Racoon'' was launched on 25 April 1857 at [[Chatham Dockyard]]. In July 1863 she ran aground in [[Loch Ness]] and was damaged. She was repaired at [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]]. ''Racoon'' was broken up in 1877 at [[Devonport, Plymouth]].<ref name="pdavis">{{cite web|url=https://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=125#Top|website=pdavis.nl|title=Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Racoon|accessdate=2019-11-24}}</ref>
''Racoon'' was launched on 25 April 1857 at [[Chatham Dockyard]]. In July 1863 she ran aground in [[Loch Ness]] and was damaged. She was repaired at [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]].<ref name="pdavis"/> In May 1874, ''Racoon'' ran aground at [[Barbadoes]].<ref name=WM220574>{{Cite news |title=Retported Naval Disaster |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=22 May 1874 |issue=1578 |edition=Second }}</ref> ''Racoon'' was broken up in 1877 at [[Devonport, Plymouth]].<ref name="pdavis">{{cite web|url=https://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=125#Top|website=pdavis.nl|title=Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Racoon|accessdate=2019-11-24}}</ref>


[[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Prince Alfred]] was promoted to [[lieutenant]] on 24 February 1863, and served under [[Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg|Count Gleichen]] on the [[corvette]].<ref name=heath9>Heathcote, p. 9.</ref><ref>https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/HN3100060885/ILN?u=wes_ttda&sid=ILN&xid=1249ac16</ref>
[[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Prince Alfred]] was promoted to [[lieutenant]] on 24 February 1863, and served under [[Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg|Count Gleichen]] on the [[corvette]].<ref name=heath9>Heathcote, p. 9.</ref><ref>https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/HN3100060885/ILN?u=wes_ttda&sid=ILN&xid=1249ac16</ref>

Revision as of 07:40, 17 May 2021

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Racoon.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Racoon
Launched25 April 1857
Out of service1877
FateBroken up in 1877
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass- steam corvette
Tons burthen1,467 tons
Length200 ft
Armament21

HMS Racoon was a Template:Sclass- steam corvette.

History

Racoon was launched on 25 April 1857 at Chatham Dockyard. In July 1863 she ran aground in Loch Ness and was damaged. She was repaired at Portsmouth, Hampshire.[1] In May 1874, Racoon ran aground at Barbadoes.[2] Racoon was broken up in 1877 at Devonport, Plymouth.[1]

Prince Alfred was promoted to lieutenant on 24 February 1863, and served under Count Gleichen on the corvette.[3][4]

Racoon in a gale, 10 December 1858
HM Steam-Corvette Racoon, 22 Guns, 1863.[5] Fitted out for Prince Alfred's arrival.

References

  1. ^ a b "Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Racoon". pdavis.nl. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  2. ^ "Retported Naval Disaster". Western Mail. No. 1578 (Second ed.). Cardiff. 22 May 1874.
  3. ^ Heathcote, p. 9.
  4. ^ https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/HN3100060885/ILN?u=wes_ttda&sid=ILN&xid=1249ac16
  5. ^ "The Racoon". The Illustrated London News. 7 February 1863. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  • Heathcote, Tony (2002). The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734 – 1995. Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0-85052-835-6.
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