HMS Vengeance was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 July 1824 at Pembroke Dockyard. The Canopus-class ships were all modelled on a captured French ship, the Franklin, which was renamed HMS Canopus in British service. Some of the copies were faster than others, though it was reported that none could beat the original. HMS Vengeance was nicknamed 'the wind's-eye liner' and was faster than all the other ships except HMS Phaeton.
(Recto) The English fleet off the entrance to the Dardanelles; (verso) the French and English fleets in Besika Bay, October 1853 RMG PZ0882-003
Sebastopol, First Day's Attack by the Allied Fleet and Armies of France and England ILN 1855 81730
HMS Vengeance, by George Pechell Mends
The Allied Fleets anchored in the Bosphorus, 1853
The bombardment of Sevastopol, 17 October 1854 (maps) ILN-1854-1111-0044
The Allies began the bombardment of Sevastopol, 17 October 1854
HMS Vengeance, by George Pechell Mends (cropped)
(Recto) 'Britannia' hove to in a calm to receive a boat, probably near Cape Carthage, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Dundas, 27 April 1852; (Verso) HMS 'Vengeance' in Port Mahon, 26 May 1852 RMG PZ0867-002
H.M.S. Vengeance Captain Lord E Russell in a Gale of wind off Malta Feby 1st 1852 RMG PY0833