Pearl's Naval Brigade
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Summary
HMS Pearl was a 21-gun screw corvette of the Royal Navy launched in 1855. During a voyage under Captain Edward Sotheby which took her round the world she was in action in the 2nd China War. From Singapore she took troops to Calcutta to assist the British forces opposing the Indian Mutiny. Sotheby formed 175 of the ship's crew were formed into Pearl's Naval Brigade in September 1857. The small force, armed largely with rifles, took part in several actions. It was accompanied in many of these by a similar force formed from the crew of HMS Shannon.
Edward Sotheby
External links
HMS Pearl Wikipedia
HMS Pearl www.pdavis.nl
Pearl's Naval Brigade Wikipedia
Description of the Brigade's service www.pdavis.nl
Historical books on-line
The Cruise of the Pearl round the World by Rev E A Wiliams MA 1859 The Naval brigade in India Google Books