Name HMS Fawn Laid down 4 May 1854 Decommissioned 1884 Launched 30 September 1856 Draft 3.4 m | Ordered 27 March 1852 Commissioned 26 November 1859 Construction started 4 May 1854 Weight 1,062 tons Builder Deptford Dockyard | |
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Fate Survey ship from 1876
Sold in 1884 | ||
HMS Fawn was a Royal Navy 17-gun Cruizer-class sloop launched in 1856. She served on the Australia, North America and Pacific stations before being converted to a survey ship in 1876. She was sold and broken up in 1884.
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Construction
Fawn was launched on 30 September 1856 from Deptford Dockyard.
Australia station
She was commissioned at Sheerness on 30 October 1859 and until 1863 served on the Australia Station.
North America station
She refitted at Sheerness in 1863, and from 1864 to 1868 served on the North America and West Indies Station.
Pacific station
After a second refit at Sheerness in 1869 she went to the Pacific Station, where she remained until 1875.
Survey ship
In 1876 she was converted to a survey ship, and in this role she surveyed areas of the east coast of Africa, the Sea of Marmara and the Mediterranean. She was under the command of Commander William Wharton from 1 June 1876 to 1 January 1880 and then under the command of Commander Pelham Aldrich until paying off.
Fate
On 6 April 1883 she paid off, and she was sold for breaking the next year.