Name | Royalist (1861) | Explanation | |
Type | Sloop | ||
Launched | 14 December 1861 | ||
Hull | Wooden | Length | |
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 669 tons | ||
Displacement | 918 tons | ||
Guns | 11 | ||
Fate | 1875 | Last in commission | 1871 |
Class | Rosario | ||
Ships book | |||
Career | |||
Date | Event | ||
14 December 1861 | Launched at Devonport Dockyard. | ||
5 November 1863 - 7 July 1865 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander Edwin John Pollard, North America and West Indies (until Pollard invalided) | ||
7 July 1865 - 14 April 1866 | Commanded by Commander Maurice Horatio Nelson, North America and West Indies | ||
14 April 1866 - 13 April 1867 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Commander Hamilton Edward George Earle, North America and West Indies | ||
13 January 1868 - 13 June 1870 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Commander Loftus Francis Jones, North America and West Indies | ||
7 May 1870 - 15 August 1871 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Commander Richard Sacheverell Bateman, North America and West Indies | ||
September 1875 | Broken up at Chatham. |