page_title: HMS Imogene (1831)
section_title: Fate
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Imogene (1831) / Fate
caption_attribution_description: English: Dockyard Fire, 1840, by Thomas Lyde Hornbrook LLR NELMS A 141-001 View of the Fire in Her Majesty's Dock Yard, Devonport, on the morning of the 27th September 1840 North East Lincolnshire Museum
context_page_description: HMS Imogene was a Conway-class sixth rate of the Royal Navy, built by Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 24 June 1831. She served in the East Indies, China and South America, but was accidentally burnt while out of commission on 27 September 1840.
context_section_description: Imogene was accidentally burnt at Plymouth on 27 September 1840 while in ordinary. Devonport dockyard was the scene of large scale fire which started in the North Dock. Talavera and Imogene were completely gutted, the fire spread to the HMS Minden whose fire was successfully put out, and to nearby buildings and equipment. Estimates for the damage were put at £150,000 in then money, and would have totalled £500,000 had the fire not been contained.
caption: The Fire on the morning of 27 September, which destroyed Talavera and Imogene threatened to destroy Devonport dockyard
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