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| Name | Danae (1867) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop (1876: Corvette) | ||
| Launched | 21 May 1867 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 212 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 180 |
| Builders measure | 1287 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1719 tons | ||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1906 | Last in commission | 1881 |
| Class | Eclipse | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/118 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 21 May 1867 | Launched at Portsmouth Dockyard. | ||
| 23 November 1867 - 22 October 1868 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Captain Malcolm MacGregor, west coast of Africa, then North America and West Indies | ||
| 22 October 1868 - May 1871 | Commanded (until paying off at Bermuda) by Captain William Graham, North America and West Indies | ||
| May 1871 | Commanded (from commissioning at Bermuda) by Captain William Graham, North America and West Indies | ||
| 26 May 1871 - 13 July 1874 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain William Samuel Brown, North America and West Indies | ||
| 20 September 1876 - 3 July 1881 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain John Child Purvis, Cape of Good Hope, then (1879) Australia | ||
| 1886 | Hulk, lent to the War Department. | ||
| (1890) | Lent to War Department as Submarine Mining hulk in the Mersey. | ||
| 15 May 1906 | Sold. | ||
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