1846 H.M.S. COLLINGWOOD at Valparisio Letter to C. B. Rooke (Honolulu)?

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1846 H.M.S. COLLINGWOOD at Valparisio Letter to C. B. Rooke (Honolulu)?
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1846; Dec 2nd H.M.S. Collingwood, Pacific Station, at Valparisio, Chile after sailing from Honolulu 64 days Passage. the letter is addressed to C.B.Rooke, (Could this be the famous Dr Thomas Charles Byde Rooke of Honolulu), The letter mentions other persons by name and Ships, Called The "Torch", The "America" The "Spy" sailing to Tahiti, it appears signed by John Johnson but the hand is a bit indistinct.
A second rate ship (i. e. over 80 guns) launched at Pembroke in 1841. She was 2,585 tons, 190 feet in length and had an initial complement of 750. Subsequently she was fitted with 400 H.P. engines and a screw, and must therefore have been of the "down-funnel, up-sails" class. The allegation that she was the last wooden-walled battleship built is questionable.
In the wardroom a painting shows her in the Pacific as the flagship in 1846
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Seymour was appointed Third Naval Lord in the Second Peel ministry in September 1841.[3] Promoted to rear admiral on 23 November 1841,
he became Commander-in-Chief Pacific Station, with his flag in the third-rate HMS Collingwood, in May 1844.[
9] Later that year the French Admiral Abel Thouars entered into a confrontation with Queen Pomare IV of Tahiti and with the English missionary and consul George Pritchard, expelling the consul and establishing a French protectorate over the territory in the Franco-Tahitian War. The expulsion of the consul became known as the "Pritchard Affair", a business which Seymour handled tactfully avoiding a confrontation with the French Government who had already denounced Thouars' actions.[10] Tensions with United States were high as a result of the Oregon boundary dispute and Seymour avoided inflaming this situation in discussions over fisheries
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1846; Dec 2nd H.M.S. Collingwood, Pacific Station, at Valparisio, Chile after sailing from Honolulu 64 days Passage. the letter is addressed to C.B.Rooke, (Could this be the famous Dr Thomas Charles Byde Rooke of Honolulu), The letter mentions other persons by name and Ships, Called The "Torch", The "America" The "Spy" sailing to Tahiti, it appears signed by John Johnson but the hand is a bit indistinct.  A second rate ship (i. e. over 80 guns) launched at Pembroke in 1841. She was 2,585 tons, 190 feet in length and had an initial complement of 750. Subsequently she was fitted with 400 H.P. engines and a screw, and must therefore have been of the "down-funnel, up-sails" class. The allegation that she was the last wooden-walled battleship built is questionable. In the wardroom a painting sh
Ships Name
H.M.S.Collingwood
Related Interests
Honolulu
EAN
Does Not apply
Country
Chile
Family Surname
Johnson & Rooke
City/Town/Village/Place
Valparisio
Era
1846
Document Type
Manuscript Letter
Related Interests 2
Pacific Station/Squadron