Barouche back seat. It has a soft collapsible half-hood folding like a bellows over the back seat and a high outside box seat in front for the driver. The entire carriage is suspended on C springs and leather straps and more recently additional elliptical springs. It is drawn by a pair of horses and was used in the 19th century for display and summer leisure driving. Designed to give a powerful impression of luxury and elegance, the structure of the carriage is heavier than it looks because of the lack of a rigid roof structure. A light barouche was a "barouchet"
HMS Phaeton (1883) commissioned and warrant officers as follows: The "Phaeton" was in ordinary at Chatham from 1893 to 1896. The "Phaeton" was commissioned for the 1896 annual manoeuvres on 8 July 1896, and paid off on 19 August. "Phaeton" was commissioned at Devonport on 8 June 1897. She was present at the Naval Review on 26 June 1897 at Spithead in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. By November 1897 she was serving on the Pacific station. At this time the British naval force on the Pacific Station consisted of: On 1 August 1900, the "Phaeton" narrowly avoided colliding with the USS