HMS Nymphe (1866)
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.jpg) HMS Nymphe's sister-ship, HMS Dryad | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Nymphe |
| Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down | 1865[1] |
| Launched | 24 November 1866 |
| Commissioned | 1867 |
| Fate | Sold in December 1884 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw Sloop |
| Displacement | 1,574 tons |
| Length | 187 ft (57 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 17 ft (5.2 m)[2] |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Complement | 150 (170 after armament converted) |
| Armament |
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HMS Nymphe was an Amazon-class sloop, of the Royal Navy, built at the Deptford Dockyard and launched on 24 November 1866.[3] She served in the East Indies and Australia, and was sold in 1884.
Design[edit]
Designed by Edward Reed,[1] the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction, the hull was built of oak, with teak planking and fir decks, and she was equipped with a ram bow.[1]
Propulsion[edit]
Propulsion was provided by a three-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine by Maudslay, Sons & Field driving a single 15 ft (4.6 m) screw.[1]
Sail Plan[edit]
All the ships of the class were built with a barque rig.[1]
Armament[edit]
The class was designed with two 7-inch (180 mm), 6½-ton muzzle-loading rifled guns mounted on slides on centre-line pivots, and two 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns on broadside trucks. Dryad, Nymphe and Vestal were rearmed in the early 1870s with an armament of nine 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns, four each side and a centre-line pivot mount at the bow.[1]
History[edit]
She initially commenced service on the East Indies Station in 1867, before returning to England in 1871 for paying off. Nymphe was refitted, re-armed and placed in reserve. She started service on the Australia Station in March 1875.[3] She left the Australia Station in August 1878, returned to England and was paid off in 1879.
Fate[edit]
She was sold from Chatham Dockyard in February 1885 to Castle and Sons, Vauxhall, Surrey for £3,745. She was taken to Vauxhall and broken up.[3][4]
Citations[edit]
References[edit]
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.