For other ships with the same name, see HMS Modeste.

HMS Modeste was a British Royal Navy corvette commissioned in 1838 and sold in 1866.

Operations

Mouth of the Peiho, from the pinnace of HMS Modeste, 11 August 1840.

The Modeste was a part of the British forces engaged in the First Opium War against the Qing Empire.[1]

References

  • Lyon, David and Rif Winfield. The Sail and Steam Navy List: All of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham Publishing. 2004, p. 120.
  1. ^ Bingham, J. Elliot. Narrative of the Expedition to China. Vol. 1. London: Henry Colburn. 1843.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Modeste_(1837)
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