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<div name=fredbot:career>
{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Cleopatra'' (1878)|fate2=
|hullno=
|comp=1878{{Conways1860|p. 52}}
|fatedate=1931{{Conways1860|p. 52}}
|order=
|name=Cleopatra
|launch=1 Aug, 1878{{Conways1860|p. 52}}
|builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company|John Elder & Company]], Glasgow{{Conways1860|p. 52}}
|laid=1876{{Conways1860|p. 52}}
|fate=Sold
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Cleopatra''''' was one of nine [[Comus Class Corvette (1878)|''Comus'' Class corvettes]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].

==Service==
Commissioned at Devonport 24 August, 1880 to take the place of ''Modeste'' on the [[China Station]]..{{NLDec81|p. 201}}

==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Cleopatra''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Durrant|nick=Francis Durrant|appt=24 August, 1880{{NLDec81|p. 201}}|end=2 March, 1882|note=invalided with dyspepsia and neuralgia}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Nelson Hippisley|nick=Henry N. Hippisley|appt=9 September, 1882{{NLSep85|p. 201}}|end=5 October, 1885}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leicester Chantrey Keppel|nick=Leicester C. Keppel|appt=7 October, 1885<ref>Keppel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14/239.}}  f. ?.</ref>|end=7 June, 1887<ref>Keppel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14/239.}}  f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Archer John William Musgrave|nick=Archer J. W. Musgrave|appt=29 November, 1888<ref>Musgrave Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/297.|}} f. 938.</ref>{{NLJul90|p. 206}}|ass=12 February, 1889<ref>Musgrave Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/297.|}} f. 938.</ref>|end=21 August, 1891<ref>Musgrave Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/297.|}} f. 938.</ref>|note=invalided}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Penrose Humpage|nick=Richard P. Humpage|appt=22 August, 1891|end=|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Metcalfe Lang|nick=William M. Lang|appt=10 August, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 210}}|ass=29 September, 1891|end=24 May, 1892}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe|nick=Assheton G. Curzon-Howe|appt=21 September, 1892<ref>Curzon-Howe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 276.</ref>|end=5 December, 1895<ref>Curzon-Howe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 276.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Archibald James Pocklington|nick=Archibald J. Pocklington|appt=8 May, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 238}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert Lyon|nick=Herbert Lyon|appt=1 February, 1899{{NLJan01|p. 240}}|end=11 January, 1901{{NLJan01|p. 240}}<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 72.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Kyle McAlpine|nick=Robert K. McAlpine|appt=9 May, 1899|end=31 October, 1899}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Lionel Napier|nick=Charles L. Napier|appt=11 January, 1901<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 72.</ref>|end=31 December, 1902<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 72.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Pennant Athelwold Iremonger Lloyd|nick=Pennant A. I. Lloyd|appt=5 January, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 295}}|end=14 January, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Fiennes Thursby|nick=Cecil F. Thursby|appt=19 July, 1903<ref>Thursby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>|end=10 August, 1903<ref>Thursby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>|note=and for command of Torpedo Craft Flotilla in manoeuvres}}
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The conflict between Thursby and Lloyd is noted.

==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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