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On 14 August 1857 the Naval Brigade [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Shannon_(Capt Peel, 450 men and 6 field guns1855) left HMS Shannon aboard ] was a 51 gun steam frigate launched in Plymouth in 1855. She sailed under 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 barge Naval Brigade to assist the British forces opposing the Indian Mutiny. Steam launches towed by the steamer Chunarbrigade up the Ganges on barges in two contingents. They fought their first engagement at Kujwa and then supported Colin Campbell's forces at [[Lucknow]]. After the second relief of Lucknow they were at the Second Siege of Cawnpore. They then accompanied Colin Campbell's Oude Campaign.
On 18 September Lieut Vaughan and 120 men left HMS Shannon aboard a barge towed by the steamer Benares.
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== William Peel ==
'''Captain William Peel''' (1824–1858), naval officer, was the third and favourite son of Sir Robert Peel, second baronet (1788–1850), prime minister, and his wife, Julia, née Floyd (1795–1859), daughter of Sir John Floyd, was born on 2 November 1824
On 13 September 1856 he commissioned the Shannon, a powerful 50-gun steam-frigate, for service in China. She did not sail until the following March. At Singapore she was met by the news of the Indian mutiny, and took Lord Elgin up to Hong Kong, arriving on 2 July. Admiral Sir Michael Seymour sent the Shannon back to Calcutta on July 16, with Elgin on board, together with a detachment of marines and soldiers. At Calcutta, Peel formed a naval brigade. On 14 August he left the ship with 450 men, six 24-pounder Bengal artillery guns, and two 8 inch howitzers. At Allahabad on 20 October he was reinforced by a party of 120 men, and from then on was present in all the principal operations. The coolness of his bravery was everywhere remarkable, and his formidable battery gave most efficient service: the huge guns were, under his orders, moved and worked as though they were light field pieces. On 21 January 1858 he was nominated a KCB and an aide-de-camp to the queen.
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