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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. At Hong Kong Pearl was ordered to Calcutta to assist the British forces opposing the Indian Mutiny. Sotheby formed 175 of the ship's crew 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.

Pearl's Officers
A list of the officers is given on the this web site (http://www.pdavis.nl/Mutiny.htm) where there are also more details of the following individuals:

Captain Edward Southwell Sotheby (http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=733)

Lieutenant Nicholas Edward Brook Turnour (http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1396)
Lieutenant Henry Duncan Grant (http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1366)
Lieutenant Hawkesworth Fawkes (http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1516)
Midshipman Lord Charles Thomas Montagu Douglas Scott (http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1380)
Midshipman Hon. Victor Alexander Montagu (http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1494)
Midshipman Henry Frederick Stephenson (http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1501)
Midshipman Charles Edward Foot (http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1454)
Rev Edward Adams Williams MA (http://www.pdavis.nl/Williams.php)

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HMS Pearl (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pearl_(1855)) Wikipedia

HMS Pearl (http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1224) www.pdavis.nl

Pearl's Naval Brigade (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl%27s_Naval_Brigade) Wikipedia

Description of the Brigade's service (http://www.pdavis.nl/Mutiny.htm) www.pdavis.nl

Short biography of Captain Edward Sotheby RN (http://books.google.com/books?id=BWLypQe-OsEC&pg=PA357&dq=Sotheby+Clifton+Portsmouth&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&

q=Sotheby%20Clifton%20Portsmouth&f=false) Google Books

Historical books on-line

The Cruise of the Pearl round the World by Rev E A Wiliams MA 1859 The Naval brigade in India (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA54&dq=The+Crui
se+of+HMS+Pearl#v=onepage&q=The%20Cruise%20of%20HMS%20Pearl&f=false) Google Books

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