 HMS Sapphire at anchor. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Sapphire |
| Namesake | Sapphire |
| Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
| Cost | £78,297 |
| Laid down | 17 June 1873 |
| Launched | 24 September 1874 |
| Completed | August 1875 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 24 September 1892 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Amethyst-class wooden screw corvette |
| Displacement | 1,934 long tons (1,965 t) |
| Tons burthen | 1,405 bm |
| Length | 220 ft (67.1 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11.3 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Installed power | 2,364 ihp (1,763 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Ship rig |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range | approximately 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 225 |
| Armament |
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HMS Sapphire was an Amethyst-class corvette built for the Royal Navy at Devonport Dockyard and launched on 24 September 1874. [1]
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She commenced service on the Australia Station in August 1875. [1] She left the Australia Station in July 1879 and returned to England and was refitted and rearmed. After refit she commissioned for the China Station in 1883 until 1890. She returned to Plymouth and was paid off. [1]
