HMS Driver was a Driver class wood paddle sloop of the Royal Navy. She is credited with the first global circumnavigation by a steamship when she arrived back in England on 14 May 1847.
Construction and commissioning
Driver was ordered on 12 March 1840 from Portsmouth Dockyard to a design by Sir William Symonds. She was laid down in June 1840 and launched on 24 December 1840, with her machinery being supplied by Seaward & Capel. Her hull cost £19,433, with the machinery costing another £13,866. After she had completed fitting out she was commissioned on 5 November 1841.
Career
During her circumnavigation Driver became the first steamship to visit New Zealand, arriving on 20 January 1846 and was involved in the New Zealand Wars. At the time of her visit she is described as a brig-rigged 6-gun warship displacing 1,058 tons with engines rated 280 horsepower. Elsewhere she is described as a 12-gun paddle sloop. She was wrecked on 3 August 1861 on Mayaguana Island in the West Indies.
References
- ^ History Channel: This day in history - May 14
- ^ New Zealand Maritime Museum
- ^ New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) . Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- David Lyon & Rif Winfield (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889 . London. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
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