HMS Danae (1867)
HMS Danae (1867)


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NameDanae (1867)Explanation
TypeSloop (1876: Corvette)   
Launched21 May 1867   
HullWooden Length212 feet
PropulsionScrew Men180
Builders measure1287 tons   
Displacement1719 tons   
Guns6   
Fate1906 Last in commission1881
ClassEclipse   
Ships bookADM 135/118   
Career
DateEvent
21 May 1867Launched 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
10 November 1868
- 25 April 1871
Commanded (until paying off at Bermuda) by Captain William Graham, North America and West Indies
26 April 1871
- 14 June 1871
Commanded (from commissioning at Bermuda) by Captain William Graham, North America and West Indies
3 June 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
1886Hulk, lent to the War Department.
(1890)Lent to War Department as Submarine Mining hulk in the Mersey.
15 May 1906Sold.
Extracts from the Times newspaper
DateExtract
Ma 20 January 1879The Army and Navy Gazette states that reliefs for the following unarmourcd ships will be required during this year, namely — the Rover, commissioned December, 1875; Opal, commissioned January, 1876; Rifleman, commissioned April, 1876; Avon, Plover, Spartan, commissioned June, 1876; Wolverine, commissioned August, 1876; Danae, commissioned September, 1876; Boxer and Vulture, commissioned December, 1876. The Frolic and Kestrel, on the China station, which will have completed a three years' commission, may either be recommlssioned on the station or be relieved by the river gunboats. The Admiralty will also have to provide a relief for the Bellerophon, ironclad, and flagship on the North American station. Little difficulty will be experienced in these reliefs, as the reserves are full of ships.


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