HMS_Conflict_(1846)
HMS Conflict (1846)
Sloop of the Royal Navy
Conflict was originally slated to be built to the Sampson designed steam vessel rated as a Steam Vessel First Class (SV1); however, the Admiralty, first rerated the vessels as First Class Sloops on 19 April 1845 then on 9 May 1845, she was ordered from a design of Sir William Symonds,Surveyor of the Navy.[3] Originally designated as 10-gun vessels with 400 NHP engines. She served in the Baltic during the Russian war of 1854–55. She was sold for breaking in 1863.[2]
Conflict was the fourth named vessel since its introduction for a 12-gun gun brig launched by Dudman at Deptford on 17 April 1801 and wrecked on the French Coast on 24 October 1804.[4]