HMS Amethyst (1844)
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HMS Amethyst (1844)
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HMS Amethyst was a gaff rigged three mast sailing boat. She was a Spartan-class 26-gun sixth rate launched in 1844 and sold in 1869 for use as a cable vessel. She served in the China War 1856-60 and intervened in the Mexican Civil War in 1859 by blockading Mazatlán. This was during a voyage which took her around the world. Together with HMS Iris she was loaned by the Admiralty to the Atlantic Telegraph Company in 1864, both ships being extensively modified in 1865 for ferrying the Atlantic cabl
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2022-04-15T03:23:43Z
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