HMS Madagascar (1822)

HMS Madagascar was a 46-gun fifth-rate Seringapatam-class frigate, built at Bombay and launched on 15 November 1822.

The Bavarian Prince Otto who had been selected as the King of Greece was delivered to his new capital Nafplion in 1833.

In 1843, HMS Madagascar is recorded as calling at Ascension Island accompanied by the steamer Albert, being outfitted for suppression of the slave trade.

The ship was made a storeship and was anchored at Rio De Janeiro after 1853 and was eventually sold in 1863.

Commanding officers

 * 1830—the Honorable Sir Robert Spencer, second son of the Earl of Spencer died aboard ship in Malta.
 * 1830-1834—Captain Edmund Lyons
 * 1838-1839—Provo Wallis, KCB, East Indies
 * 1840—Out of Commission
 * 1841—1844—Captain John Foote, west coast of Africa
 * 1847—Robert Mann
 * 1853—John William Finch, storeship, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 * 1855—John Ptolemy Thurburn, storeship, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 * 1856—John Mortimer Leycester, storeship, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 * 1859-1863—Vice Admiral Richard Dunning White, CB, storeship, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Notes and references
Mid-Victorian Royal Navy vessels
 * David Lyon and Rif Winfield, The Sail and Steam Navy List 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.