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=== This article is currently under construction ===
== 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 ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pearl_(1855) HMS Pearl] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1224 HMS Pearl] www.pdavis.nl<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl%27s_Naval_Brigade Pearl's Naval Brigade] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.pdavis.nl/Mutiny.htm Description of the Brigade's service] www.pdavis.nl<br>
==== Historical books on-line ====
''The Cruise of the Pearl round the World'' by Rev E A Wiliams MA 1859 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA54&dq=The+Cruise+of+HMS+Pearl#v=onepage&q=The%20Cruise%20of%20HMS%20Pearl&f=false The Naval brigade in India] Google Books
[[Category:Pearl's Naval Brigade| Pearl's Naval Brigade]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny| Pearl's Naval Brigade]]
== 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 ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pearl_(1855) HMS Pearl] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1224 HMS Pearl] www.pdavis.nl<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl%27s_Naval_Brigade Pearl's Naval Brigade] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.pdavis.nl/Mutiny.htm Description of the Brigade's service] www.pdavis.nl<br>
==== Historical books on-line ====
''The Cruise of the Pearl round the World'' by Rev E A Wiliams MA 1859 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA54&dq=The+Cruise+of+HMS+Pearl#v=onepage&q=The%20Cruise%20of%20HMS%20Pearl&f=false The Naval brigade in India] Google Books
[[Category:Pearl's Naval Brigade| Pearl's Naval Brigade]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny| Pearl's Naval Brigade]]
