page_title: HMS Vulture (1843)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Vulture (1843)
caption_attribution_description: The Return to Hong Kong. The Vulture Passing the Battery Upon Tygris Island. The image shows the Vulture, with a lorcha in tow, passing the Weiyuan Battery on Anunghoy Island in the Bocca Tigris, 9 April 1847.
context_page_description: HMS Vulture was one of three 6-gun, steam-powered Cyclops-class second-class paddle frigates built for the Royal Navy in the 1840s. She was initially deployed to the East Indies where she participated in actions against China and then played a minor role in the Crimean War of 1854–1855. The ship was sold for scrap in 1863.
context_section_description: HMS Vulture was one of three 6-gun, steam-powered Cyclops-class second-class paddle frigates built for the Royal Navy in the 1840s. She was initially deployed to the East Indies where she participated in actions against China and then played a minor role in the Crimean War of 1854–1855. The ship was sold for scrap in 1863.
caption: Vulture passing the Bogue on the way to Hong Kong after the Expedition to Canton, 9 April 1847
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