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h.m.s simoom 1852

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Jan.jan

Jan.jan Report 27 Jul 2005 13:33

I have a john Robinson who marrid 1852 and gave his place of residence as HMS Simoom. I have been told that it was a steam frigate and carried troops to the Crimea War. Has anybody any info on it? Thanks

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 27 Jul 2005 13:39

Hi Jan There are three ships' logs for the period: ADM 53/5268 Simoon 11 Feb 1852 - 31 May ADM 53/5269 Simoon 1 June 1852 - 23 Oct ADM 53/5270 Simoon 24 Oct 1852 - 28 Feb 1853 held at Kew, which would tell you precisely where the ship was on any given date.

Heather

Heather Report 27 Jul 2005 15:28

If you google it you find some info. Sure its not Simoon?

Ian

Ian Report 27 Jul 2005 15:41

Jan Yes, try and Google for some info - I found this thread: From: 'ross dawson' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Mar] HMS 'Simoom' Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 21:42:43 +1200 References: <[email protected]> Hi Bruce, My reference, 'British Warship Names' has HMS Simoom (named after a hot dry wind in the Arabian desert)...number 1 of name (4 others later) as a frigate of 1849 sold in 1887. Served at Crimea 1854-55, Pei Ho forts (presumably China) 1859 & Ashantee 1873-74. Hope this is of interest. Regards, Ross Dawson, Auckland, New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 12:53 AM Subject: [Mar] HMS 'Simoom' > My great grandfather worked on HMS 'Simoom' as a 9 year old boy in 1849. I > know that the ship was built by Napiers at their Govan Yard on the Clyde and > was launched on 24th May 1849, but nothing else. > > Does anyone have any information regarding this vessel i.e what was her > service record and ultimate fate. > > Many thanks in advance > > Bruce Hosie > > > ==== Mariners Mailing List ==== > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mariners-L Website http://www.mariners-L.freeserve.co.uk Looking at her age I would doubt she was steam driven, but you never know... Ian

Jan.jan

Jan.jan Report 27 Jul 2005 16:05

Thanks for the replies. I thought it would be really difficult to get anything on the ship but you have come up trumps again. Thanks everybody