HMS Beagle (1872)

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named HMS Beagle.

HMS Beagle was a schooner of the Royal Navy, built by John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales and launched in December 1872.^[2]

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Beagle
Builder	John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales
Launched	December 1872
Fate	Sold in 1883.
General characteristics [1]
Type	Beagle-class schooner
Tons burthen	120 bm
Length	77 ft 0 in (23.5 m)
Beam	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Sail plan	Schooner
Complement	27
Armament	1 × 12-pounder gun

She commenced service on the Australia Station at Sydney in 1873 for anti-blackbirding operations in the South Pacific.^[2] In April 1875, she ran aground on a reef in the Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued.^[3] She was paid off in 1883 and sold for £1,000.^[2]

Fate

Beagle was then sold to Messers Bell & Davis, who sailed to Peru after defrauding the Australian Mercantile Loan and Guarantee Company. She was then sold at Callao to Silvino Cavalie.^[4]