H.M.S. Daphne (1866)
| H.M.S. Daphne (1866) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Launched: | 23 Oct, 1866[2] |
| Sold: | 1882[3] |
H.M.S. Daphne was one of six Amazon Class wooden screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Newly completed, on 11 December 1866 Daphne was placed in the Keyham Steamyard.[4]
She tested her new engines off the Plymouth Breakwater on 17 April, 1867 under the supervision of Captain George Ommanney Willes, the sloop being navigated by a Mr. Edmund Swain.[5]
During a practice off the Isle of Wight for the upcoming Naval Review in mid-July 1867, Daphne assumed her place in the Starboard Division of the Ironclad Line and puzzled onlookers in response to a signaled manoevres finding her place in the line ahead of the Valiant only after "sundry and inexplicable manoeuvres".[6]
Daphne was commissioned at Devonport by Commander Richard Adams on 12 October, 1871.[7]
Captains
- Commander George L. Sulivan, 4 June, 1867[8][9]
- Commander George A. Douglas, 1 June, 1869[10] – 24 May, 1870
- Commander Richard Adams, 6 October, 1871[11] – 25 February, 1872 (died while in command)
- Commander Richard S. Bateman, 5 March, 1872[12] – 24 November, 1873 (invalided)
- Commander Charles E. Foot, 27 October, 1873[13] – 31 December, 1875
- Commander George B. Evans, 5 January, 1876[14] – 2 July, 1877
- Commander Dashwood G. Tandy, 6 July, 1877[15] – 31 December, 1878
- Commander William H. C. Selby, 1 January, 1879 – 30 April, 1879
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 55.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 55.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 55.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 14 December, 1866; p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 19 April, 1867; p. 5.
- ↑ "The Naval Review." The Times (London, England), 13 July, 1867; p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 9 October, 1871; p. 5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1869). p. 190.
- ↑ "The Naval Review." The Times (London, England), 9 July, 1867; p. 5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1869). p. 189.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1871). p. 147.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 142.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1875). p. 138.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 138.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 204.
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