page_title: HMS Vivid (1848)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Vivid (1848)
caption_attribution_description: English: HMS Vivid (detail), alongside HMY Osborne (ship, 1855), Lapwing on the far right, at Gravesend, February 2nd 1858; taken from artwork: H.M. State Yacht Victoria &amp; Albert, leaving Gravesend with their Royal Highnesses the Prince &amp; Princess Frederick William of Prussia, February 2nd 1858... (shows HMS Osborne, Lapwing and Vivid) Signed by artist in plate. unavailable
context_page_description: HMS Vivid was a wooden paddle steamer of the Royal Navy, launched in 1848 for service as an Admiralty packet ship between Dover and Calais. She became the tender to HMS Fisgard at Woolwich Dockyard from 1854 until 1871, and then the port admiral’s yacht and tender to HMS Royal Adelaide at Devonport in 1872.
  In 1889 Vivid became the Devonport flagship. The name Vivid was used for the newly established Devonport Royal Navy Barracks from 1890 onwards. The paddle steamer HMS Vivid was sold for breaking up to G. Cowen & Sons in May 1894.
context_section_description: HMS Vivid  was a wooden paddle steamer of the Royal Navy, launched in 1848 for service as an Admiralty packet ship between Dover and Calais. She became the tender to HMS Fisgard at Woolwich Dockyard from 1854 until 1871, and then the port admiral’s yacht and tender to HMS Royal Adelaide at Devonport in 1872.
  In 1889 Vivid became the Devonport flagship. The name Vivid was used for the newly established Devonport Royal Navy Barracks from 1890 onwards. The paddle steamer HMS Vivid was sold for breaking up to G. Cowen & Sons in May 1894.
caption: HMS Vivid at Gravesend, 2 February 1858
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