Britannia's Navy on the West Coast of North America 1812 – 1914 by Barry Gough

Author:Barry Gough
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Published: 2017-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

The second evolution of gunboat design included the handy gunboat Boxer, equipped with larger engines that turned twin propellers (in British Columbia waters 1869 to 1875). Yet another supplement in power, and with still larger engines and bigger hull, was the elegant gunvessel Sparrowhawk. This vessel completed two commissions in these seas, 1865 to 1868 under Commander Porcher, and 1868 to 1872 under Commander Mist. The demanding seas and nautical conditions of the Northwest Coast, including southeast Alaska, necessitated vessels that could keep the seas in all weathers. On occasion, heavily gunned and powered steam-corvettes, such as the Clio, and steam frigates, such as the Sutlej, undertook gunboat actions in waters that had been surveyed.9

The powerful gun vessel HMS Sparrowhawk, the instrument of authority that extended the Pax Britannica into all the distant marine margins of the British Columbia coast, and even southeastern Alaska, where such a vessel could steam in safety. In her first commission on the Northwest Coast, 1865–1868, she was commanded by Commander Porcher and on her second, 1868–1872, by Commander Mist, who joined her July 1868. CFB ESQUIMALT NAVAL & MILITARY MUSEUM

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