
Alistair Laird
Department Director



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Provenance: 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905-1981). Sothebys, West Wycombe Park 1998.
HMS Arrogant 1st Class Frigate. Designed by John Fincham, built at Portsmouth by John Penn & Sons and launched in 1848, commissioned a year later. Originally ordered as a 4th Rate, but re-classified with the revision of the building programme in 1845. She was at first intended to carry 46 guns, but was progressively reconfigured as ordnance developed. 200 feet long with a crew of 450 men, she initially served under Captain Fitzroy of Beagle fame from 1848-50. During the Crimean War she was in the Baltic Fleet and took part in the bombardment of Gogland fort and Sveaborg, two of her crew; Lieutenant J Bythesea and Stone Johnstone earning Victoria Crosses. After the War, she was refitted as a Coastguard vessel and served at Portsmouth between 1857-58, moving to Newhaven for another year before another refit. She was finally sold to Castle & Beach, Charlton, in March 1867 for breaking up.