The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-01 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following is sent us as a correct list of the ships
of war commissioned during the past year :
LINE-OF-BATTLE SHlPS.—Hibernia, 120, Captain
Peter Richards, C. 8., for the flag of the Vice-Admiral
Sir William Parker, G.C.8., commander-in-chief in the
Mediterranean ; Trafalgar, 120, Captain William Fan-
shawe Martin, for the flag a Vice• Admiral Sir John
Chambers White, K.C.8., commander-in-chief at the
Nom.; Caledonia, 120, Captain Hall Manley Dixon, for
the flag of the Rear-Admiral Superintendent Sir Samuel
Pyw, K.C.8., of Plymouth Dock-yard ; SL VincQnt,
120, Captain Sir Richard Grant, Knt., for the flag of
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., commander-in-chief
at Portsmouth ; Qneen, 110, Captain Sir Baldwin Wake
Walker, K.C.8., for the experimental cruise, and subse-
quently for the flag of Admiral Sir John West, K.C.8.,
commander-in-chief at Devonport ; Rodney, 92, Cap-
tain Edward Collier, C.B. ; Canopus, 84, Captain
Fairfax Moresby, C.B. ; Vanguard, 80, Captain Geo.
W. Willes.

FRIGATES.-Vernon, 50, Captain John Coghlan 'Fitzge-
rald, for the flaw of Rear-Admiral Samuel H. Inglefield,
C.B , commander-in-chief at the Brazils; President, 50,
Captain William Pearce Stanley, for the flag of Rear-
Admiral James Richard Macre., commander-in-chief at
the Cape Station; Grampus, 50, Captain Henry Byam
Martin, C.B • Melampus, 42, Captain John Norman
Campbell; Endytnion, 42, Captain 'George Robert Lam-
bert; Herald, 26, Captain Henry Kellett, C. 8., for the
survey of the N.W..coast of America; Calliope, 26, Cap-
tain Edward Stanley; Juno, 26, Captain Patrick Blake;
Alarm, 26, Captain Charles Colville Frankland; Athol,
26, Mater-Commander John Pearn, armed troopship
and Carysfort, 26, Captain George Henry Seymour.
CORVETTES, BRIGS, AND CUI TERS.-Ni rn rod, 20,
Commander James Richard Dacres; Grecian, 16, Com-
mander Alexander Leslie Montgomery; Siren, 16, Com-
mander Harry Edmund Edgill; Bittern, 16, Commander
Thomas Hope ;Kingfisher 12, Commander Charles Fore-
man Brown; Pandora, 6:Lieutenant-Commander James
Wood; Seagull, 6, packet-brig, Lieutenant Henry Perry
Dicken ; Heroine, 10, Commander Charles Edmunds ;
Viper, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Edward Evans Gray;
Seaflower, 6, Commander Justus Peter Roepel •, Spy,
3, Lieutenant-Commander Samuel Otway Woolridge;
Speedy, 3, Lieutenant-Commander George Spong ;
Sylvia. 3, Lieutenant Henry Warren ; trebus, discovery
ship, Captain Sir John Franklin, and Commander Jas.
Fitzjames ; Terror, discovery ship, Captain Richard
Crozier ; and Pagoda, surveying vessel, commissioned
by Lieutenant Moore, at the Cape of Good Hope ; Ring-
dove, 16, Commander Sir William Hoste, Bart. ;
Calypso, 20, Captain Henry J. Worth ; Rapid, 10, Com-
mander henry J. W. S. Gallwey.
STEAM-VESSELS.-Victoria and Albert, Captain the
Right Hon. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence ; Vulture, 6,
Captain John M`Dougall ; Retribution, 10, Captain
Stephen Lushington ; Samson, 6, Captain Thomas Hen-
derson; Terrible, 10, Captain William Ramsay; Styx, 6,
Commander William Wyndham Ilornby; Vesuvius, 6,
Commander George O'Callaghan; Avon, 3, steam-survey-
ing vessel, Commander Henry Mangles Denham; Alecto,
4, Commander Francis William Austen.; Scourge, 4,
Commander James Crawford Caffin ; Jackall, 2, Lieut.-
Commander W. M. S. G. Pascoe; Spitfire, 2, Lieut.-
Commander James A. M`Donald; Fairy, Master-Com-
mander J. G. Thain ; Bloodhound, 2, Lieut.-Commander
Robert Philips; Meteor, 2, Lieut.-Commander George
Butler; Lizard, 2, Lieut.-Commander H. M. Tylden;
Harpy, 2, Lieut.-Commander Edward B. Proctor; Fear-
less, Master-Commander Geo. Brockman; Janus, expe-
rimental steamer; Dasher, 2, Commander W. L. Shering-
ham, for the surveying service; Cuckoo, 2, Lieut.-Com-
mander Abraham Parks, for the protection of the Scotch
fisheries; Gladiator, 6, steam frigate, Captain John Robb;
Wee-Pet steam tender at Malta, Second Master-Com-
mander George Duncan, and Myrmidon, 2, Lieut.-Com-
mander Charles Jenkins; and Phceuix, 4, Commander J.
S. A. Dennis.

TOTAL.—Eight line-of•battle ships, eleven frigates,
nineteen corvettes, brigs, and cutters, and twenty-five
steamers. Corresponding number in 1844:—Three line-
of-battle:ships, four frigates, twenty-seven corvettes, &c.,
and thirteen steamers.

SHIPS PAID OFF IN 1845.
LINE - OF-BATTLE SHIPS. —Ca ledoni a, 120, Captain
Alexander Milne, flag-ship of Adtuiral Sir David Milne,
G.C.8., commander-in-chief at Pkniouth ; San Josef,
110, Captain Frederick W. Burgoyne, ordinary guard-
ship at Plymouth, and flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Super-
intendent Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.B. ; Formidable, 84,
Captain George F. Rich, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir
Edward W. C. R. Owen, K.C.B. G.C.H., commander-
in-chief in the Mediterranean •, Illustrious 74, Captain
John E. Erskine, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles
Adam, K.C.8., commander-in-chief in the West Indies;
St. Vincent, 120, Captain R. Freeman Rowley, flag-ship
of Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., G.C.8., G.C.11.,
commander-in -chief at Portsmouth.

FRIGATES.—DubIin, 50, Captain John J. Tucker,
flag. ship of Rear-Admiral Richard Thomas, commander-
in-chief is the Pacific ; Alfred, 50, Commander C. M. M.
Wright, flag-ship of Commodore John B. Purvis, com-
mander-in-chief in the Brazils ; lsis, 44, Captain Sir
John Marshall, C. 8., K.C.H., from the Cape Station ;
Belvidera, 38, Captain the Hon. George Gray, from the
Mediterranean ; Cambrian, 36, Captain Henry D. Chads,
C. 8., commodore and second in command on the East
India and China station ' • Thalia, 46, Captain Charles
Hope, from the Pacific ; Volage, 26, Captain Sir Wil-
liam Dickson, Bark, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral W.
Bow!es, C. 8., commander-in-chief of the Irish station ;
Ap ,110, 26, armed troop-ship, Commander William
ll‘Leati ; Carysfort, 26, Captain Lord George Paulet,
from the Mediterranean ; Spartan, 26, Captain the Hon.
C. G. J. B. Elliot, from the West Indies.

CORVETTES, BRIGS, AND CUTTERS.-Aigle, 24, Capt.
Lord Clarence Edward Paget, from the Mediterranean ;
Dido, 20, Captain the lion. Henry Kepple, from the
East Indies ; Electra, 18, Commander Arthur Darby,
from the West Indies ; Scout, 18, Commander the
Hon. James R. Drummond, from the Mediterranean ;
Harlequin, 16, Commander the Hon. George Hastings,
from the East Indies ; Pelican, 16, Commander Philip
Justice, from the East Indies ; Bittern, 16, Com-
mander Edmund Peel, from the coast of Africa • Snake,
16, Commander the Hon. W. B. Devereux, from the
Mediterraneen ; Scylla, 16, Commander Robert Sharpe,
K.H., from the West Indies ; Ringdove, 16, Com-
mander Sir William Daniell, Knt., from the coast of
Africa ; Heroine, 10, Lieut. Commander Henry Foot,
from thecoast of Africa ; Rapid, 10, Lieut. Commander
Edmund Wilson, from the coast of Africa ; Viper, 6,
Lieut.-Commander James Carter, from South America ;
Cockatrice, 6, Lieut.-Commander Justus Oxenham, from
South America ; Ferret, 10, Commander Josiah Oake,
from the coast of Africa ; Linnet, 6, packet brig,
Lieut. Henry P. Dicken, from Falmouth ; Speedy, 3,
Lieut.-Commander George Beaufoy, from Sheerness
station ; Seaflower, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Nicola:
Robilliard, from the Jersey station ; Lynx, 6, brigan
tine, Lieut.-Commander John T. Nott, from the Irish
station ; Sylvia, 3, Lieut.-Commander Edward Turnour,
from the Jersey station ; Snipe, 6, Lieut.-Commander
George Raymond, from the Plymouth station,
STEAM-VESSELS.-Styx, 6, Captain Alexander J. E.
Vidal, from the Azores (surveying); Alecto, 4, Lieu-
tenant-Commander William Hoseason, from the Medi-
terranean; Vesuvius, 6, Commander Erasmus Omman-
ney, from the Mediterranean ; Devastation, 6, Com-
mander William Kitchen, from the East Indies; Medea,
6, Commander Frederick Warder, from the Mediter-
ranean ; Fearless, Commander W. L. Sheringham,
from the surveying service ; Growler, 6, Commander
Claude M. Buckle, from the coast of Africa; Geyser, 6,
Commander Edward J. Carpenter, from the
tiMediter-
ranean; Ardent, 6, Commander John Russell,
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frkm. B. Proctor, from
Commander, Henry C. Harstop,
Dwarf, Lieutenant-Commander,
Thomas
Sheerness
TOTAL.-5 t
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Sparks,sti°
cor-
vettes, brigs, and cutters, and 13 steamers. Correspond-
ing number in 1844:-5 line of battle ships, 3 frigates,
20 corvettes, &c., 6 steamers.
SHIPS LAUNCHED IN 1845,
The Terrible, steam frigate, 800 horse power, at
Deptford, built on the design of Mr. Oliver Lang, master
shipwright of Woolwich Dockyard ; Spitfire, steam
sloop, 140 horse power, at Deptford, built on the design
of Mr. Oliver Lang, jut,.
master shipwright of Chatham
Dockyard ; Bloodhound, Jackal] Lizard, and Harpy,
iron steamers, of 120 horse power, each, at Glasgow,
built on the designs of Sir William Symonds, Knight,
surveyor of the navy ; Fairy, steam tender to the Royal
Yacht, at Blackwall, built by Ditchburn and Mare ; Wee
Pet, steam tender, at Malta ; Avenger, steam frigate, at
Devonport ; Inflexible and Dragon, at Pembroke ; Cen-
taur, at Portsmouth ; Bull -dog, at Chatham ; and Fury,
at Sheerness, steam sloops, of from 500 to 600 horse
power, on designs by the surveyor of the navy; Trident,
of 400 horse power, at Blackwall ; and Birkenhead, of
500 horse power, at Birkenhead, iron steamers, built by
contract ; Kingfisher, 12, at Pembroke ; Alarm, 26, at
Sheerness ; Calypso, 20, and Active, 36, at Chatham;
and Creole, 26, at Devonport, on designs by the surveyor
of the navy ; and Raleigh, 50, at Chatham, on the de-
sign of Mr. Fincham, master shipwright of Portsmouth
Dockyard.-Total-4 frigates, 1 corvette, I brig, and 16
steam vessels.