H.M.S. Druid (1869)

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H.M.S. Druid (1869)
Builder: Deptford Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 1868[2]
Launched: 13 Mar, 1869[3]
Completed: Feb, 1872[4]
Sold: 1886[5]

H.M.S. Druid was one of three Briton Class corvettes completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Druid was to be the last warship launched at Deptford Royal Dockyard.[6]

By November, 1886, she was identified as one of forty-one vessels of various types the Navy had decided to dispose of due to their lack of practical value in the event of war.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 49.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 49.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 49.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 49.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 49.
  6. ↑ <Wikipedia.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.


Briton Class Corvette
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