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| Name | Nymphe (1866) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 24 November 1866 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 187 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 150 |
| Builders measure | 1084 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1570 tons | ||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1884 | Last in commission | 1879 |
| Class | Amazon | Class (as screw) | Amazon |
| Ships book | ADM 135/331 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 24 November 1866 | Launched at Deptford Dockyard. | ||
| 13 June 1867 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolich) by Commander Thomas Barnardiston, East Indies | ||
| (1870) - 21 January 1870 | Commanded by Commander Edward Spencer Meara, East Indies (until Meara invalided) | ||
| 21 January 1870 | Commanded by Commander John Campion Wells, East Indies | ||
| 5 January 1875 | Commanded by Commander Francis Grant Suttie, Australia | ||
| (1879) - 10 May 1879 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain Samuel Philip Townsend, Australia | ||
| December 1884 | Sold for breaking up. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Tu 25 July 1871 | The following vessels of war are now on their passage home for the purpose of being put out of commission and their crew paid off: - The Forte, 24, 2,364 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. H. Fairfax, flagship of Rear-Admiral J.H. Cockburn, commanding the East India squadron, and the Nymph, 4, 1,084 tons, 300-horse power, Commander R. Adams, from the East Indies; the Charybdis, 17, 1,506 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. A.M'L. Lyons, from the Pacific; the Virago, 6, 1,053 tons, 200-horse power, paddlewheel steamer, Commander H.S. Sandys, from Australia; the | ||
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