HMS Torch (1845)
HMS Torch was an iron steamer of 350 tons which was the tender vessel for HMS Herald. In the 1850s she conducted surveying work in Australia and the Pacific.
HMS Torch, Sydney, 27 August 1855, watercolour sketch by Conrad Martens | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Torch |
| Launched | 25 February 1845 |
| Out of service | 1856 |
| Fate | Purchased by Dan Egan at Sydney auction in May 1856 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | paddle steamer |
| Displacement | 350 tons (315,616 kilograms) |
| Propulsion | 134 kilowatt steam engines |
| Armament | 1 x 32 pound pivot gun |
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