Maritime History

HMS Malacca (1853)

HMS Malacca was a 17-gun wooden sloop of the Royal Navy. She was ordered on 9 November 1847 from Moulmein, Burma to be built of teak. As a Surveyor's Department design, Malacca was based on the Conflict designed sloop which was approved on 9 December 1848. After launching in April 1853 she was commissioned the following month to be sailed to England for the fitting of her engine. She entered British Naval service in 1854 and served three commissions including action in the Russian War 1854–55 before being sold in 1869. Her resale to Japan, she served in the Japanese Navy as a training ship until broken in 1906. Malacca was the second name vessel since it was used for a 36-gun fifth rate launched at Prince of Wales I, Penang in 1809 and broken in March 1816.

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• ▸French cruiser Amiral Charner
• ▸Jaffna
• ▸HMCS Columbia (DDE 260)

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