HMS Diamond was an Amethyst-class corvette in service 1874–89.
 HMS Diamond
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Diamond |
| Namesake | Diamond |
| Builder | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Cost | £76,796 |
| Laid down | 1873 |
| Launched | 26 September 1874 |
| Completed | July 1875 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, August 1889 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and 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 | 2,140 ihp (1,600 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Ship rig |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 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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History
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Diamond was built for the Royal Navy at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 26 September 1874.[1]
In 1875 she commissioned service for the East Indies Station, later being transferred to the China Station.[1] In 1876, she was driven ashore on the coast of Zanzibar. She was refloated.[2] She returned to England in 1879 and was refitted and rearmed. After refit she commissioned service on the Australia Station in October 1881.[1] She left the Australia Station in August 1888 and returned to England. She returned to Chatham and was paid off in 1889. She was sold in August 1889.[1]
References
editBibliography
edit- Ballard, G. A. (1937). "British Corvettes of 1875: The Last Wooden class". Mariner's Mirror. 23 (October). Cambridge, UK: Society for Nautical Research: 435–45.
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
External links
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