Name | Danae (1867) | Explanation | |
Type | Sloop (1876: Corvette) | ||
Launched | 21 May 1867 | ||
Hull | Wooden | Length | 212 feet |
Propulsion | Screw | Men | 180 |
Builders measure | 1287 tons | ||
Displacement | 1719 tons | ||
Guns | 6 | ||
Fate | 1906 | Last in commission | 1881 |
Class | Eclipse | ||
Ships book | ADM 135/118 | ||
Career | |||
Date | Event | ||
21 May 1867 | Launched at Portsmouth Dockyard. | ||
23 November 1867 - 22 October 1868 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Captain Malcolm MacGregor, west coast of Africa, then North America and West Indies | ||
22 October 1868 - May 1871 | Commanded (until paying off at Bermuda) by Captain William Graham, North America and West Indies | ||
May 1871 | Commanded (from commissioning at Bermuda) by Captain William Graham, North America and West Indies | ||
26 May 1871 - 13 July 1874 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain William Samuel Brown, North America and West Indies | ||
20 September 1876 - 3 July 1881 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain John Child Purvis, Cape of Good Hope, then (1879) Australia | ||
1886 | Hulk, lent to the War Department. | ||
(1890) | Lent to War Department as Submarine Mining hulk in the Mersey. | ||
15 May 1906 | Sold. |
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