HMS Elk (1847)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Elk.

HMS Elk was a 482-ton displacement, 16-gun Acorn-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy launched on 29 September 1847 from the Chatham Dockyard.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Elk
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Launched	29 September 1847
Decommissioned	May 1893
Fate	Sold in 1893 for breaking up
General characteristics
Class and type	Acorn-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	482 BM
Length	105 ft (32 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	16 guns

She was sent to the East Indies Station and China Station and participated during the Second Opium War (commanded by John Fane Charles Hamilton) until being assigned to the Australia Station in 1859. She searched for HMS Sappho with HMVS Victoria after Sappho disappeared in Bass Strait in February 1858. In 1860 she participated during the First Taranaki War. She left the Australia Station in March 1860 and upon arriving in England was paid off.

She was transferred to Her Majesty's Coastguard in 1863 and was renamed WV.13 and she was later renamed WV.28. She was sold in May 1893.

References

• Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
• Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.