Dom Fernando II e Glória (1843) | Timeline

Dom Fernando II e Glória(*) is a wooden-hulled, 50 gun frigate of the Portuguese Navy. She was launched in 1843 and made her maiden voyage in 1845. Built at the shipyard of Daman in Portuguese India, it was Portugal's last sailing warship to be built and also the last ship that undertook the "Carreira da Índia" (India Run), a regular military line that connected Portugal to its colonies in India since the beginning of the 16th century. (Intro from Wikipedia)

(*) "Dom Fernando II and Glory" - Dom - abreviated as "D." was a portuguese monarchy title similar to the british "Sir", although attributed to royalty and clergy members aswell 

June 13, 1832 - Daman, India - The keel of a new ship is layed in the shipyards on the left shore of Sandalcalo River in Daman

April 1, 1842 - Daman, India - Due to the long delay in the construction, captain-lieutenant Torcato José Marques is appointed to supervise the finishing works of the ship

April 21, 1842 - Daman, India - The governor of the State of India orders the new frigate to have the name of (King) Fernando II, under the auspices of Our Lady of Glory (Glória)

October 22, 1843 - Daman, India - Launched at River Sandalcalo, Daman =(START)

November 23, 1843 - Off Daman, India - The frigate leaves Daman River and anchors off Daman

December 10, 1843 - Off Daman - Towed to Goa for fitting out as a full-rigged ship.

December 15, 1843 - Goa, India - The frigate arrives at Goa and anchors at Fort Aguada

December 21, 1843 - Goa - The frigate enters the mouth of the Mandovi river and anchors at Ribandar anchorage.

March 8, 1844 - Goa - After her disarmament, the crew of the sloop "Infanta Regente" is transfered to the "D. Fernando II e Glória".

September 9, 1844 - Goa - The frigate is armed with its 50 cannons

December 5, 1844 - Panjim (Panaji, Goa) - The frigate anchors in front of Panaji, Goa

December 10, 1844 - Fort Aguada, Goa - The frigate leaves the mouth of the river and anchors at Fort Aguada

February 2, 1845 - Goa - "D. Fernando II e Glória" departs to Lisbon on her maiden voyage, under the command of frigate-captain Torcato José Marques and had on board 273 people (crew and passengers)
April 8, 1845 - Cape of Good Hope - The frigate rounds the Cape of Good Hope
April 23, 1845 - Benguela, Angola - Arrival at Benguela, Angola
April 25, 1845 - Benguela - Sets sail from Benguela
April 29, 1845 - Luanda, Angola - Arrival at Luanda Bay, Angola
May 18, 1845 - Luanda - The frigate sets sail from Luanda to Lisbon
July 4, 1845 - Lisbon, Portugal - The "Fernando II e Glória" arrives at Lisbon
August 7, 1845 - Lisbon - The frigate is disarmed and begins a refit
January 10, 1851 - Lisbon - The refit is concluded and the frigate is armed again
August 26, 1852 - Lisbon - Departs to Madeira, with Empress consort of Brazil, Amélie of Leuchtenberg, and her daughter Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil who was sick with tuberculosis and was looking for a good climate to recover from her disease, ("Dom Fernando II e Glória" were escorted by the steamer "D.Luís" and the corvette "D. João I")
August 31, 1852 - Funchal, Madeira Island - Anchors at Funchal
September 3, 1852 - Funchal - The frigate sets sail to Lisbon
September 15, 1852 - Lisbon - Returns to the port of Lisbon
December 31, 1853 - Lisbon - Departs to the Island of Mozambique, transporting 650 people (including explorer António da Silva Porto)
April 20, 1854 - Mozambique Island - The frigate anchors at the Island of Mozambique, where the Governor of Mozambique had his residency
May 8, 1854 - Mozambique Island - Departs to Angola
June 2, 1854 - Cape of Good Hope - The frigate rounds the Cape of Good Hope
June 20, 1854 - Luanda, Angola - Arrival at Luanda Bay, Angola
July 11, 1854 - Luanda - Departs from Luanda to Lisbon
September 16, 1854 - Lisbon - Arrival at the port of Lisbon
March 14, 1855 - Lisbon - Departs to Mozambique, transporting 602 people, including a crew of 210 men
May 9, 1855 - Luanda, Angola - The frigate calls at Luanda and is integrated in the Naval Force assembled to occupy Ambriz Region, threatened by the british (during a local rebellion)
May 14, 1855 - Luanda - Departs from Luanda to Ambriz
May 15, 1855 - Ambriz, Angola - Landed troops and artillery in that village
June 14, 1855 - Ambriz - The frigate sets sail from Ambriz to the south
August 20, 1855 - Island of Mozambique - Anchors at the Island of Mozambique

Dom Fernando II e Glória
Funchal, 1878

September 20, 1855 - Island of Mozambique - Departs to Lisbon, calling at Lourenço Marques (Maputo), Moçamedes, Benguela and Luanda
December 25, 1855 - Luanda, Angola - Departs to Lisbon
February 16, 1856 - Lisbon - Arrival at the port of Lisbon
July 3, 1856 - Lisbon - The frigate is disarmed and begins a refit
February 17, 1857 - Lisbon - After the refit is finished, the frigate is rearmed
April 2, 1857 - Lisbon - Departs to Goa, with calls at Angola and Mozambique, transporting 467 passengers
November 4, 1857 - Goa - Arrives in Goa and anchors at Fort Aguada
January 31, 1858 - Goa - Departs to the Island of Mozambique
February 23, 1858 - Island of Mozambique - Arrives at Mozambique
March 9, 1858 - Island of Mozambique - Departs to Lisbon, calling at Moçamedes, Benguela and Luanda
May 5, 1858 - Luanda, Angola - Departs directly to Lisbon
July 16, 1858 - Lisbon - Enters into Tagus River and docks at Lisbon
August 1, 1858 - Lisbon - The frigate is disarmed and begins a refit
May 2, 1859 - Lisbon - After the refit is finished, the frigate is rearmed
July 2, 1859 - Lisbon - Departs to Mozambique, with 616 people aboard, of which 202 were the ship's crew
October 14, 1859 - Mozambique Island - Arrives in Mozambique with colonist to Tete, after 105 days and after having endured a violent storm in the channel of Mozambique.
November 20, 1859 - Mozambique Island - Departs to Lisbon
January(?) 10(?), 1860 - Moçâmedes | Benguela, Angola - Stopovers at the Cape of Good Hope to load 500 sheep and some horses. These are offloaded later at Moçamedes and Benguela, destined to the colony of Huila, in Angola
January(?) 20(?), 1860 - Luanda, Angola - Stopover at Luanda
April 3, 1860 - Lisbon, Portugal - Enters into Tagus River and docks at Lisbon
June 12, 1860 - Lisbon - The frigate is disarmed and begins a refit
February 20, 1861 - Lisbon - The frigate is rearmed after the refit
May 18, 1861 - Lisbon - Departs to Goa with a crew of 214 men
August 15, 1861 - Island of Mozambique - Arrival at Mozambique after sailing for 89 days
September 1, 1861 - Island of Mozambique - Departs to Goa
September 22, 1861 - Goa - Arrives at Goa and anchors at Fort Aguada
October 19, 1861 - Pangim (Panaji, Goa) - The frigate anchors at Panaji for a short refit
January 11, 1862 - Goa - Departs from Goa to Mozambique
February 11, 1862 - Island of Mozambique - Arrives at Mozambique
February 22, 1862 - Island of Mozambique - Departs from Mozambique to Lisbon
March 6, 1862 - South of Bazaruto Island - From March 6th, south of the island of Bazaruto, the weather began to worsen, with very strong winds and stormy sea
March 8, 1862 - Mozambique Channel - On the 8th the weather deteriorates, the sails are torn and the masts brake
March 11, 1862 - Mozambique Channel - On March 11th, the ship was in disarray, but it was possible to install new masts and sail to Mozambique
March 25, 1862 - Island of Mozambique - Arrives at Mozambique
June 3, 1862 - Island of Mozambique - After new masts are installed, the frigate departs for sea trials
August 12, 1862 - Island of Mozambique (?) - "Dom Fernando II e Glória" departs for new sea trials - to verify the security of the masts
October 20, 1862 - Island of Mozambique - Departs to Lisbon
November 10, 1862 - Cape of Good Hope - The frigate rounds the Cape of Good Hope
January(?) 1(?), 1863 - Moçâmedes | Benguela, Angola - Calls at Moçamedes and Benguela
January 18, 1863 - Luanda, Angola - The frigate left Luanda where there was an epidemic of yellow fever, and there were contagions resulting in seven deaths on board
May 1, 1863 - Off Morocco - Off the coast of Morocco the frigate runs out of supplies for the 386 people it had on board and without wind to sail. In this difficult situation, the british steamer "Charante" appeared and towed the Portuguese frigate. However, the weak power of the steam engine was not enough, "Charante" heads to Lisbon to report the situation. The authorities send the corvette "Sá da Bandeira" to help the frigate
May 12, 1863 - Lisbon - "D.Fernando II e Glória" enters the Tagus River towed by "Sá da Bandeira", and is placed in quarentene at Belém during 18 days
June 2, 1863 - Lisbon - The frigate is disarmed and begins a new refit
June 9, 1865 - Lisbon - The frigate is rearmed after the refit
September 12, 1865 - Lisbon - A School of Artillery is established in the frigate, replacing the sailing ship "Vasco da Gama". She conducts training missions up until 1878
November 28, 1865 - Lisbon - A decree establishes the ship's crew - 176 men as a transport, and 300 while a school ship
June 27, 1866 - Lisbon - Sails to the Azores, at times towed by the sloop "Duque de Palmela", transporting 240 spanish exiles
July 11, 1866 - Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island - Azores - Arrival at Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island - Azores
July 13, 1866 - Angra do Heroísmo - Departs to Lisbon
July 21, 1866 - Lisbon - Arrives at Lisbon
July 28, 1878 - Lisbon - The frigate departs to the Archipelagos of Azores and Madeira in an instruction trip for students of the "Naval School"
August 6, 1878 - Off Azores - The american barque "Lawrence Boston" which had caught fire off the Azores archipelago, is sighted. The american crew is rescued
August 11, 1878 - Ponta Delgada, St.Miguel Island - Azores - The americans land at Ponta Delgada, where they embark on the steamer "Mississippi" to New York
August 17, 1878 - Ponta Delgada - Departs to Madeira Island
August 24, 1878 - Funchal, Madeira Island - Arrival at Funchal, Madeira Island
August 29, 1878 - Funchal - The frigate left Funchal for Terceira Island, but was confronted with lack of winds and supplies. The captain gave up trying to reach Angra or Ponta Delgada and it was decided to sail to Lisbon
September 18, 1878 - Lisbon - "Dom Fernando II e Glória" enters the Mouth of River Tagus and thus ends her career as the last "Nau" (sailing ship) of the "India Run"
January(?) 1(?), 1879 - Lisbon - Remains permanently moored in Lisbon as a Naval Artillery School
January(?) 1(?), 1889 - Lisbon - Significant modifications are made on her in 1889, with the replacement of her elegant masts, and the construction of two redoubts on both her sides for the placement of modern cannons, to better serve her role of artillery instruction unit
January(?) 1(?), 1938 - Lisbon - Serves as the flagship of the naval forces of Continental Portugal, based in the river Tagus
January(?) 1(?), 1940 - Lisbon - After being considered unfit for navy service, it became the headquarters of the "Dom Fernando Frigate Welfare Institution" (Obra Social da Fragata Dom Fernando) destined to give general education as well as teaching seamanship to underprivileged youth
April 3, 1963 - Tagus River, off Alfeite - During repair work, a huge fire erupts, partially destroying the ship's hull and structure. After the fire is extinguished, the frigate is towed to an area off Alfeite (on Tagus River) where the navigation on the river Tagus wouldn't be disturbed, remaining abandoned and half buried in the mud-flats for the next 29 years =(END)
January(?) 1(?), 1990 - Tagus River, off Alfeite - A protocol is signed between the Navy and the National Commission for the Commemoration of the Portuguese Discoveries, with the aim of taking forward the recovery of the "D.Fernando II e Glória" Frigate, a project entrusted to the Navy, with the Arsenal of Alfeite being in charge to execute the work
January 22, 1992 - Alfeite Arsenal - The wooden hull is removed from the mud-flats and set floating again, placed in a floating dock and transported to the dry dock of the Arsenal of Alfeite first =(restart)
September 1(?), 1992 - Aveiro - Towed to the Ria-Marine shipyards in Aveiro, where it remains for the next 5 years being restored, receiving widespread public and private support.
April 8, 1997 - Aveiro - The "Dom Fernando II e Glória" is relaunched
May(?) 1(?), 1997 - Alfeite Arsenal - She is towed to the Arsenal of Alfeite, where the museum preparations are made in the last phase of the project to restore the ship
April 28, 1998 - Alfeite Arsenal - She is commissioned by the Navy
May 22, 1998 - Park of the Nations Marina, Lisbon - Inauguration of Expo 98 in Lisbon
July 18, 1998 - Park of the Nations Marina - "D.Fernando II e Glória" is considered by Decree an Historical Navy Ship
August 12, 1998 - Park of the Nations Marina - Delivered to the Navy Museum

Dom Fernando II e Glória today, Cacilhas

September 1(?), 1998 - Park of the Nations Marina - The World Ship Trust awards the "Dom Fernando II e Glória" with the International Maritime Heritage Award, who considers her restoration as one of the most astonishing historic ship preservation achievements of our time
September 30, 1998 - Park of the Nations Marina - Expo 98 ends
January(?) 1(?), 2008 - Cacilhas, Almada - The ship lies on the southern margin of the Tagus river in Cacilhas, Almada. Open to visitors 

Bibliography

SACCHETTI, A.E. Ferraz - Dom Fernando II e Glória: The frigate reborn from the ashes. 1998