HMS Modeste (1873)

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HMS Modeste, Yokohama, Japan 1877.jpg
Modeste, Yokohama, Japan in 1877
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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS Modeste
Builder Devonport Dockyard
CostApproximately £77,000
Laid down27 November 1871
Launched23 May 1873
CompletedJanuary 1874
FateSold for scrap, 8 January 1888
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeAmethyst-class wooden screw corvette
Displacement1,934 long tons (1,965 t)
Tons burthen1,405 bm
Length220 ft (67.1 m) (p/p)
Beam37 ft (11.3 m)
Draught18 ft (5.5 m)
Installed power2,068  ihp (1,542 kW)
Propulsion
Sail plan Ship rig
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Rangeapproximately 2,500  nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement225
Armament14 × 64-pounder 71-cwt rifled muzzle-loading (RML) guns

HMS Modeste was a Amethyst-class corvette built for the Royal Navy in the early 1870s. She served in the Perak campaign in the 1870s.

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