| Name | Neptune (1878) | Explanation | |
| Type | Masted turret ship | ||
| Acquired | March 1878 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | |||
| Displacement | 9310 tons | ||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1903 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1874.09.10 launched as Brazalian Independencia. Purched while completing | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 28 March 1885 - 29 July 1886 | Commanded by Captain Loftus Francis Jones, Mediterranean | ||
| 23 August 1887 | Commanded by Captain John Frederick George Grant, Coast Guard service, Holyhead | ||
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