HMS Iris
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HMS Iris was a 26-gun sixth-rate frigate launched on 14 July 1840 from Devonport Dockyard. She spent some time with the West Africa Squadron suppressing the slave trade and later with the East Indies Station was involved in operations in Borneo. Iris was the first flagship of the Australia Station between 1859 and 1861 during which time she participated in the First Taranaki War. In 1864 she was extensively modified to allow her to ferry transatlantic telegraph cable to the cable-laying ship Great Eastern. She was decommissioned and sold off in 1869.
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1840 HMS Iris
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keel laying
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ship launching
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ship decommissioning
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| link | page | Three Decks page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | The Victorian Royal Navy page@ | Wikidata | ||