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Name | HMS Daphne |
Launched | 23 October 1866 |
Fate | Sold for breaking up, 1882 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type | Amazon, Sloop |
Tons burthen | 1081 bm |
Length | 187 ft |
Propulsion | Screw |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | Gundeck: 4 guns |
Notes | 150 men |
HMS Daphne was an Amazon-class sloop, of the Royal Navy. She was in service from 1866 to 1879.
Daphne was built at the Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 23 October 1866. she spent her entire career east of Suez – in the East Indies and particularly on anti-slavery operations on the East coast of Africa.
She was commissioned at Plymouth on 12 June 1867 by Cdr George Lydiard Sulivan.[ citation needed ] In October 1872, Daphne ran aground in the Mergui Archipelago. She was refloated and taken to Bombay, India for repairs. [1] [2] Daphne came back to finally pay off in 1879.