Name | Blanche | Explanation |
Type | Sloop (1876: Corvette) |
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Launched | 17 August 1867 |
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Hull | Wooden |
Length | 212 feet |
Propulsion | Screw |
Men | 180 |
Builders measure | 1268 tons |
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Displacement | 1682 tons |
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Guns | 6 |
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Fate | 1886 |
Last in commission | 1881 |
Class | Eclipse |
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Ships book | ADM 135/47 |
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Career |
Date | Event |
17 August 1867 | Launched at Chatham Dockyard. |
15 January 1868 | Commanded (from commissioning at Chatham) by Captain John Eglinton Montgomerie, Australia |
November 1871 - 23 November 1875 | Commanded by Captain Cortland Herbert Simpson, Australia |
4 September 1877 - 26 November 1881 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain Charles George Frederick Knowles, West Indies |
September 1886 | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton. |