HMS Vesuvius
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HMS Vesuvius was initially a Steam Vessel second class designed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, and built at Sheerness. She was commissioned and participated in the bombardment of Acre in 1840, during the Russian War she was in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov in 1855. Her last overseas posting was in the West Indies. She was sold for breaking in June 1865.
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H.M.S. Pique Vesuvius and Zebra off Mt Carmel in the Bay of Acre, during the storm of Decr 2nd 1840 RMG PW8071 (cropped)







