Name | Juno (1867) | Explanation | |
Type | Corvette | ||
Launched | 28 November 1867 | ||
Hull | Wooden | Length | 200 feet |
Propulsion | Screw | Men | 200 |
Builders measure | 1462 tons | ||
Displacement | 2083 tons | ||
Guns | 6 | ||
Fate | 1887 | Last in commission | 1879 |
Class | Juno | ||
Ships book | ADM 135/263 | ||
Career | |||
Date | Event | ||
28 November 1867 | Launched at Deptford Dockyard | ||
6 May 1868 - 28 December 1868 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Captain William Alfred Rumbulow Pearse, transport to North America and West Indies (apparently referred to as "the dark horse of the navy", because it was unclear whether she was a corvette or an armed transport) | ||
28 December 1868 - 8 March 1870 | Commanded by Captain Edward Hardinge, China | ||
8 March 1870 - 14 June 1873 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain John Kennedy Erskine Baird, China | ||
4 November 1875 - 23 October 1879 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain James Augustus Poland, China (and 29 March - 17 May 1877, Hong Kong hospital) | ||
December 1887 | Sold. |