HMS Daphne (1866)
HMS Daphne (1866)


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NameDaphne (1866)Explanation
TypeSloop   
Launched23 October 1866   
HullWooden Length187 feet
PropulsionScrew Men150
Builders measure1081 tons   
Displacement1640 tons   
Guns4   
Fate1882 Last in commission1879
ClassAmazon   
Ships bookADM 135/119   
Career
DateEvent
23 October 1866Launched at Pembroke Dockyard.
12 June 1867
- 1 June 1869
Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander George Lydiard Sulivan, East Indies and China
1 June 1869
- 24 May 1870
Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Commander George Amelius Douglas, East Indies and China
12 October 1871
- 26 February 1872
Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander Richard Adams, East Indies and China (until he died)
5 March 1872
- 24 November 1873
Commanded by Commander Richard Sacheverell Bateman, east coast of Africa (until invalided)
1 November 1873
- 13 March 1876
Commanded by Commander Charles Edward Foot, East Indies
20 January 1876
- 9 August 1877
Commanded by Commander George Bruce Evans, East Indies and China
January 1879
- June 1880
Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Commander Dashwood Goldie Tandy, East Indies and China
1 January 1879
- 30 April 1879
Commanded by Commander William Henry Collingwood Selby, East Indies
7 November 1882Sold for breaking up
Extracts from the Times newspaper
DateExtract
Sa 4 November 1871The Daphne, 5, screw sloop. Commander R. Adams, sailed from Plymouth Sound yesterday for India, viâ the Suez Canal, and will call at Gibraltar and Malta.
Tu 15 April 1879Tbc following vessels are under orders to return home to be paid off:- Active, 10, iron screw corvette, cased with iron, Capt. Henry J.F. Campbell, from the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa, ordered to Spithead. This vessel was commissioned at Portsmouth, April 13, 1877. The Daphne, 4, screw sloop, Commander [William] H.C. Selby, from the East Indies, ordered to Devonport. This vessel was re-commissioned at Zanzibar, January 1, 1879. The Daring, 4, composite screw sloop, Commander John G.J. Hanmer from the Pacific, ordered to Spithead; commissioned at Chatham, September 29, 1874. The Lynx, 4, double screw composite gun vessel, Commander Francis M. Ommanney, from the East Indies, ordered to Devonport, at which port she was commissioned on the 9th of June, 1875. The Nassau, 4, screw surveying vessel, Commander William M. Lang, from China, ordered to Devonport. This vessel was re-commissioned at Hongkong on the 1st of November, 1878. The Nymphe, 9, steam sloop, Capt. Samuel P. Townsend, from Australia, ordered to Spithead. This vessel was commissioned at Sheerness on the 5th of January, 1875. The Pert, 4, double screw composite gun vessel, Commander Henry C. Aitchison, from North America and West Indies, ordered to Devonport, where she was commissioned on the 1st of July, 1875. The Rover, 18, iron screw corvette, cased with wood, Capt. Thomas Barnardiston, from North America and the West Indies, ordered to Devonport. This vessel was commissioned at Chatham on the 14th of December, 1875. The Sapphire, 14, screw corvette, Capt. E.H. Murray, from Australia, ordered to Devonport, at which port this vessel was commissioned on the 9th of August, 1875. The Sappho, 4, composite screw sloop, Commander Noel S.F. Digby, from the Australian station, ordered to Spithead. This vessel was commissioned at Chatham on the 26th of August, 1874. The Volage, 18, iron corvette, cased with wood, Capt. Richard Carter, from the south-east coast of America, ordered to Portsmouth, at which port she was commissioned on the 6th of July, 1874.


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