Name | Diamond | Explanation |
Type | Corvette |
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Launched | 26 September 1874 |
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Hull | Wooden |
Length | 220 feet |
Propulsion | Screw |
Men | 225 |
Builders measure | 1405 tons |
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Displacement | 1970 tons |
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Guns | 14 |
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Fate | 1889 |
Last in commission | 1889 |
Class | Amathyst |
Class (as screw) | Amethyst |
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Career |
Date | Event |
26 September 1874 | Launched at Sheerness Dockyard. |
13 July 1875 - 7 January 1879 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain George Stanley Bosanquet, East Indies |
25 October 1881 - 14 January 1885 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain Alfred Taylor Dale, Australia |
14 January 1885 - 6 March 1889 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sydney until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain Francis Starkie Clayton, Australia |
August 1889 | Sold. |