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} |} HMS ''Iris'' was a 26-gun sixth-rate frigate launched on 14 July 1840 from Devonport Dockyard. She was the first flagship of the Australia Station between 1859 and 1861.〔Bastock, p.27.〕 Between 1840 and 15 August 1843, she served with the West Africa Squadron and then was assigned to the East Indies Station. She was the flagship of the Australian Squadron between 1859 and 1860 under the command of Captain William Loring. She participated in the attack on Puketakauere pā during the First Taranaki War and left the Australia Station in 1861.〔 Together with HMS ''Amethyst'', HMS ''Iris'' was loaned by the Admiralty to the Atlantic Telegraph Company in 1864 and both ships were then extensively modified to be used for ferrying the 1865 Atlantic cable from the manufacturer in Greenwich, London, to the ''Great Eastern'' at Sheerness, beginning in February 1865.〔Russell, Sir William Howard (1865), ''The Atlantic Telegraph''〕 Both ships were used for the same purpose in 1866 and 1869 by the Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company (Telcon). As obsolete sailing vessels which had to be towed while ferrying cable, neither ship was capable of independent operation, and both were described as "hulks" in contemporary reports.〔''The Mechanics's Magazine'', 30 October 1868 page 355.〕 Also in 1866 HMS ''Iris'' was loaned to help in the recovery of the steamer ''Foyle'', which sank in collision with the steamer ''Collingwood'' off Barking in the Thames on 12 September.〔Phillips, Lieutenant Commander Lawrie (2014), ''Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History''〕 ''The Sail and Steam Navy List'' notes that according to Admiralty records, HMS ''Iris'' and HMS ''Amethyst'' were subsequently sold to Telcon when decommissioned on 16 October 1869.〔 ==Citations== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Iris (1840)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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