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Built at Wigram, Blackwall, entered service 13th November 1855, sold to Marshall yard, Plymouth on 7th October 1864.

Length of 201 feet by 30 feet beam, armed with 2 68 pounder and 4 32 pounder guns.

Stationed in Beirut on 7th April 1861 with other vessels, to prevent the Turkish massacring the local christians

Marshall’s Yard
Marshall’s yard was located in Deadman’s Bay, Plymouth which is now where Queen Anne’s Battery lies. Marshall’s yard was owned by Edred Marshall whoose business at Deadman’s Bay was not insignificant, many large vessels were broken up here including the following:-

Ship Date Description Pilot 1862 A 16 gun brig launched in 1838 bought for £802 Armada 1863 Built at Turnchapel, Plymouth in 1810, purchased for £2,600 Lancaster 1864 Fourth rate of 50 guns built in 1823, bought for £3,025 Intrepid 1864 See above Cerberus 1866 Third rate of 42 guns launched in 1827 Pantaloon 1866 Screw steam ship sloop of 11 guns launched in 1860, sold for £1,610 Sans Pareil 1867 Largest ship to be broken up by Marshall’s, 84 guns, did service in the Crimean war at Sebastapol

Edred Marshall sold the business to Cornelius Duke in 1892 as the Royal Navy had stopped building wooden boats many years earlier so there were fewer boats coming in for breaking up and the smaller commercial vessels were not financially viable. Edred moved to the other side of Sutton Road, Coxside to set up a box making company as shown by the advertisment below

[HMS Intrepid] [Intrepid 1] [Intrepid 2] [Intrepid 3] [Intrepid 4] [Intrepid 5] [Intrepid 6] [Intrepid 7] [Intrepid 8] [Furniture - Chalford]