HMS Daphne (1838)
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Name | HMS Daphne |
Ordered | 26 February 1834 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Cost | £13,515 |
Laid down | December 1835 |
Launched | 6 August 1838 |
Commissioned | 2 February 1839 |
Fate | Sold March 1864 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Daphne-class corvette |
Tons burthen | 730 71⁄94 tons bm |
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Depth of hold | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Complement | 175 |
Armament | 18 × 32-pounder guns |
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HMS Daphne was a Royal Navy corvette, the name ship of her class, commissioned in 1839
Daphne ran aground on the Horse Bank in the Solent on 5 January 1847. She was refloated with assistance from the paddle tug HMS Echo and towed to Spithead in Hampshire.[1][2] She was repaired and returned to service.
Daphne was sold in 1866.
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Bibliography[edit]
- Lyon, David and Rif Winfield. The Sail and Steam Navy List: All of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham Publishing. 2004, p. 120.
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