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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Shannon_(1855) HMS Shannon] was a 51 gun steam frigate launched in Plymouth in 1855. She sailed under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Peel_(VC) Captain William Peel VC] via the Cape of Good Hope and Singapore to join the naval forces in the [[2nd China War]]. At Hong Kong she was diverted to take Lord Elgin to [[Calcutta]] where Peel formed a Naval Brigade to assist the British forces opposing the Indian Mutiny. Steam launches towed the brigade up the Ganges on barges in two contingents. They fought their first engagement at [[Battle of Kujwa|Kujwa ]] and then supported [[Colin Campbell|Colin Campbell's ]] forces at [[Lucknow]]. After the second relief of [[Second Lucknow Relief]] they were at the [[Siege of Cawnpore Nov 1857|Second Siege of Cawnpore]]. They then accompanied Colin Campbell's [[Oude Campaign]].

'''Captain William Peel''' (1824–1858) was the third son of Sir Robert Peel, prime minister of Great Britain. He served with the Naval Brigade in the Crimea where he won a Victoria Cross. His leadership of the Shannon's Naval Brigade played a significant role in the [[Oude Campaign]] where the 8 inch naval guns were able to breach fortifications which the field artillery could not penetrate. He was nominated a KCB and an aide-de-camp to the queen. At the final recapture of [[Lucknow ]] he was severely wounded and died of smallpox a month later in [[Cawnpore ]] at the age of 33. After the recapture of Lucknow the brigade returned to [[Calcutta ]] by bullock train. The majority of the ship's company rejoined HMS Shannon on 12 August and she sailed for England on 15 September reaching Spithead on 29 December 1858.