Havannah Channel


Havannah Channel (50˚32'00" 126˚14'00" S side of E Cracroft I, N of Johnstone Str), Havannah Islets (50˚32'00" 126˚15'00" In Havannah Channel). HMS Havannah, a 19-gun corvette of 874 tonnes, was assigned to the RN’s Pacific Station, 1855–59, under Capt Thomas Harvey. It was launched in 1811 at Liverpool as a 36-gun frigate but was remodelled several times and enjoyed an unusually long life for a wooden ship. The Havannah captured numerous small French craft in 1813 and was part of an...

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