 On his return Cumming was again ordered to America , transporting guns , shot and stores to the West India Squadron , but was hit by storms off Newfoundland and forced to turn back to Plymouth . Once again Emerald was damaged , losing three boats , damaging rigging and equipment and being said to leak " like a sieve " . This necessitated another period of repair in Keyham , before Cumming set out for Brazil once more , this time encountering storms in the Bay of Biscay and again being damaged and repaired in dock . Emerald saw service in the Baltic and participated in propeller trials for the Admiralty but was decommissioned in 1863 and sold in 1869 . 
