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| Home-Loney-Background-The Royal Navy | Browse mid-Victorian RN vessels: A; B; C; D; E - F; G - H; I - L; M; N - P; Q - R; S; T - U; V - Z; ?? |
| Name | Druid | Explanation | |
| Type | Corvette | ||
| Launched | 13 March 1869 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 220 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 220 |
| Builders measure | |||
| Displacement | 1791 tons | ||
| Guns | 10 | ||
| Fate | 1886 | Last in commission | 1882 |
| Class | Briton | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/140 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 13 March 1869 | Launched at Deptford Dockyard (last ship built there). | ||
| 15 February 1872 - 28 March 1873 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain Maurice Horatio Nelson, west coast of Africa | ||
| 28 March 1873 - 27 January 1874 | Commanded by Captain William Hans Blake, west coast of Africa (until he died) | ||
| February 1874 - May 1874 | Commanded by Acting Captain Percy Patt Luxmoore, west coast of Africa, then Sheerness | ||
| May 1874 - 14 December 1876 | Commanded by Captain Arthur George Robertson Roe, North America and West Indies | ||
| 18 February 1879 - 1 September 1882 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain William Robert Kennedy, North America and West Indies | ||
| 10 November 1886 | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton. | ||
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