HMS Torch (1845)
HMS Torch, Sydney, 27 August 1855, watercolour sketch by Conrad Martens | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Torch |
| Launched | 25 February 1845 |
| Out of service | 1856 |
| Fate | Purchased by Dan Egan at Sydney auction in May 1856 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | paddle steamer |
| Displacement | 350 tons (315,616 kilograms) |
| Propulsion | 134 kilowatt steam engines |
| Armament | 1 x 32 pound pivot gun |
HMS Torch was an iron steamer of 350 tons which was the tender vessel for HMS Herald. In the 1850s she conducted surveying work in Australia and the Pacific.