Name HMS Philomel Laid down April 1840 Renamed CGWV.23 on 25 May 1863 Launched 28 March 1842 | Ordered 24 May 1840 Commissioned 16 July 1842 Construction started April 1840 | |
Fate Foundered in the Swale, 1869. Wreck sold and broken up 26 February 1870. | ||
HMS Philomel was an eight-gun Alert-class packet brig of the Royal Navy, built between 1840 and 1842. Ships of this class were designed by William Symonds in 1834, and the Philomel was built at Plymouth.
The vessel launched in 1842 as a surveying vessel, and by 1857 was given over to the coastguard and renamed CGWV.23.
It foundered in the Swale in 1869, and the wreck was sold to Hayhurst & Clasper as salvage. It was finally broken up on 26 February 1870.
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