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| Name | Spartan (1868) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop (1876: Corvette) | ||
| Launched | 14 November 1868 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 212 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 180 |
| Builders measure | 1269 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1755 tons | ||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1882 | Last in commission | 1880 |
| Class | Eclipse | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/442 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 14 November 1868 | Launched at Deptford Dockyard. | ||
| 31 July 1871 - 19 October 1872 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Captain Charles Fenton Fletcher Boughey, West Indies (until Boughey superceded at his own request) | ||
| 23 September 1872 - 17 March 1874 | Commanded by Commander Joseph Samuel Hudson, West Indies | ||
| 17 March 1874 - 3 July 1875 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain Richard Carter, West Indies | ||
| 15 June 1876 - 17 July 1876 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain Hawksworth Fawkes, en route for the East Indies (until Fawkes died off Vigo, wherupon the vessel returned to Portsmouth) | ||
| 20 July 1876 - 18 August 1880 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain Richard Edward Tracey, East Indies | ||
| 7 November 1882 | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Fr 9 April 1875 | The following vessels are under orders to return home from their respective stations, to be paid out of commission:- The Avon, 4, double screw composita gun-vessel, Commander A.T. Powlett, from China. This vessel was re-commissioned on that station on the 18th of July, 1871, when a fresh crew was sent out from England. The Blanche, 6, steamship, Capt. C.H. Simpson, from Australia. This vessel has also served two commissions, having been re-commissioned on the Australian station on the 12th of October, 1871, by a fresh crew sent out for that purpose from England. The Boxer, 4, double screw composite gun vessel, Lieut-Commanding William Collins, from the Pacific. This vessel has, like the two previous ones, served two commissions, having been re-commissioned on the 6th of October, 1872. The Cameleon, 7, steamship, Commander A.J. Kennedy, from the Pacific. The Dido, 8, steamship, Capt. W.C. Chapman, from Australia, The Elk, 4, double-screw composite gun-vessel, Commander Robert H. Harris, from China. The Iron Duke, 14, double-screw iron armour-plated ship, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir C.F.A. Shadwell, K.C.B., Capt. William Arthur, from China. The Reindeer, 7, steam sloop, Commander C.V. Anson, from the Pacific. The Rosario, 3, steam sloop, Commander A.E. Dupuis, from Australia. The Scout, 17, corvette, Capt. R.P. Cator, from the Pacific. The Shearwater, 4, surveying vessel, Commander W.J.L. Wharton, from the East Coast of Africa. The Spartan, 8, steam sloop, Capt. Richard Carter, from North America and West Indies. The Swiftsure, 14, iron armour-plated ship, Capt. J.K.E. Baird, temporary flagship of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir. J.R. Drummond, K.C.B., from the Mediterranean. The Volage, 18, iron steam corvette, cased with wood, Capt. Henry Fairfax, employed on special service. | ||
| Ma 20 January 1879 | The Army and Navy Gazette states that reliefs for the following unarmourcd ships will be required during this year, namely — the Rover, commissioned December, 1875; Opal, commissioned January, 1876; Rifleman, commissioned April, 1876; Avon, Plover, Spartan, commissioned June, 1876; Wolverine, commissioned August, 1876; Danae, commissioned September, 1876; Boxer and Vulture, commissioned December, 1876. The Frolic and Kestrel, on the China station, which will have completed a three years' commission, may either be recommlssioned on the station or be relieved by the river gunboats. The Admiralty will also have to provide a relief for the Bellerophon, ironclad, and flagship on the North American station. Little difficulty will be experienced in these reliefs, as the reserves are full of ships. | ||
| Tu 6 January 1880 | The following Information respecting the movements of Her Majesty’s ships is supplied by the Admiralty The Achilles arrived at Gibraltar on the 3d inst., would coal on the 5th, and leave for Lisbon on the 6th inst. The Orontes arrived at Port Said on the 3d inst. The Jumna arrived at Port Said on the 3d inst. The Euphrates arrived at Malta on the 1st inst., and sailed on the 2d for Port Said. The Comus arrived at Madeira on the 3d inst. and left on the 4th. The Albatross arrived at Aden on the 1st of January and proceeded. From the East Indies Station letters have been received from Rear-Admiral Gore Jones in the Vulture, at Bombay, up to the 15th of December. The Euryalus left on the 13th of December for Aden and Suez; she will be docked at Suez; Rear-Admiral Jones, having transferred his flag to the Vulture, remains at Bombay. The Ruby returned to Rangoon on the 14h of December from Maulmain; she will procced to Trincomalee and Bombay when relieved by the Spartan. The Wild Swan was at Rangoon. The Spartan left Trincomalee on the 8th of December for Rangoon to relieve the Ruby. The Dragon arrived at Zanzibar on the 1st of November, and left on the 12th of November for Johanna to relieve the Rifleman; she would call at Lindi, and then cruise near the Comoro Islands. The Vestal was at Mozambique on the 6th of November. The Rifleman was at Johanna on the 3d of November, would go to Zanzibar, and thence to Aden on her way to England. The Beacon was at Bahrein on the 6th of December. The Ready was at Muscat on the 7th of December. | ||
| Sa 13 March 1880 | The following Information respecting the movements of Her Majesty's ships is supplied by the Admiralty The Goshawk arrived as Galway from Clifden on Thursday, having visited Innishark and Arran Islands and distributed meal. The Wye arrived at Gibraltar on the 10th inst.; would leave on the 11th inst. for Lisbon. Her Majesty's Indian troopship Crocodile left Malta yesterday for Portsmouth. From the East Indies.— The Ruby sailed on the 16th of February for Zanzibar. The Spartan was at Rangoon waiting relief by the Eclipse. The Wild Swan was at Port Blair, Andaman Islands; would leave tor Rangoon about the 4th of March. The Beacon was in dock at Bombay. The Ready was at Muscat, at disposal of Political Resident, Persian Gulf; the Vulture was at Bussorah, also at disposal of Resident, Persian Gulf. From the Cape of Good Hope. —The Dido arrived on the 11th February. The Comus left Ascension on the 25th of January and visited Tristan d'Acunha on the 6th of February, arrived at the Cape on the 14th of February, and would leave for Crozet Islands, St. Paul's, and China station on the 20th of February. | ||
| Ma 12 July 1880 | It is proposed to pay off and lay up, after repair, at Devonport, during the present year the Achilles and Agincourt, now with the Channel Squadron, the Condor and Flamingo, now in the Mediterranean, but commissioned for special service in the Black Sea, the Wild Swan, from the East Indies, and the Modeste, Swinger, Sylvia, Hornet, and Midge from the China station. The two latter will pay off at Hongkong and be navigated home by a supernumerary crew is consequence of the majority of their officers and men having volunteered for other service upon the station. The Wivern will also pay off at Hongkong, but will remain as reserve drill ship upon that station. The Devonport reserve contingent will also be strengthened by the return of the Forward from the south-east coast of America, the Griffon from North America and the West Indies, and the Pelican, Penguin, and Shannon from the Pacific. Portsmouth will receive the Minotaur from the Mediterranean, and will be intrusted with her alteration and repair, for which ?100,000 will be required, the Swallow and the Elk from the south-east coast of America, the Plover from North America, and the Hector, now Coastguard ship at Southampton. The Fawn, surveying vessel in the Sea of Marmora, having made a fairly accurate sketch of the bed of that sea during the three years she has been engaged on that duty, will return to Chatham to pay off and lay up, as also will the T?m?raire from the Mediterranean, and the Tourmaline from the North American coast. Sheerness will have the repairing and charge of the Helicon from the Mediterranean, the Blanche from North America and the West Indies, the Osprey from the Pacific, and the Ruby, Spartan, and Vulture from the East Indies. During the year the Enchantress, the Orontes, the Jackal, the Orwell, and the Foxhound are to be re-commissioned, the latter at Hongkong. | ||
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