High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Hydra launched in 1838, at Chatham Dockyard, was a wooden steam paddle sloop of the Royal Navy of 818 tons (builder's measurement). She was rated at 220 horsepower (160 kW) and carried 6 guns. She was involved in the bombardment of Beirut and the capture of St Jean d'Acre in September 1840. In 1849 she was involved on anti-slavery operations. She then undertook a number of cruises as HM Survey Vessel (HMSV) Hydra in a commission that started in January 1852 at Sheerness and ended with her paying off on 10 May 1856. From February to April 1852 she sailed from Sierra Leone to the Cape of Good Hope.

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