Sapphire (1827)<br><p>Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quater deck and forecastle, with covered waist, for Sapphire (1827), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate, prior to being converted to a troopship
Maker: James Wicher.
NMM Progress Book, volume 6, folio 548, states that 'Sapphire' arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on 4 August 1838 and docked on 20 October 1839.  She was undocked on 27 September 1938, and sailed on 3 November 1839 after being refitted for troops.  The cost was £5,541.<br></p>
SAPPHIRE 1827
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1839<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1839-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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