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HMS Daphne 's sister-ship, HMS Dryad
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Daphne
Launched23 October 1866
FateSold for breaking up, 1882
General characteristics
Class and typeAmazon, Sloop
Tons burthen1081 bm
Length187 ft
PropulsionScrew
Sail planFull-rigged ship
ArmamentGundeck: 4 guns
Notes150 men

HMS Daphne was an Amazon-class sloop, of the Royal Navy. She was in service from 1866 to 1879.

History

Daphne was built at the Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 23 October 1866. she spent her entire career east of Suez – in the East Indies and particularly on anti-slavery operations on the East coast of Africa.

She was commissioned at Plymouth on 12 June 1867 by Cdr George Lydiard Sulivan.[citation needed]. In October 1872, Daphne ran aground in the Mergui Archipelago. She was refloated and taken in to Bombay, India for repairs.[1][2] Daphne came back to finally pay off in 1879.

"Each of her commissions lasted four years, and her ever recurring appearance at so many successive slave running seasons earned a tradition of wrath at the mention of her name among the merchants in that line of business", wrote Admiral Ballard in July 1938.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Naval and Military Intelligence". Morning Post. No. 30853. London. 26 October 1872. p. 5.
  2. ^ "Accident to H. M. S. Daphne". Daily News. No. 8297. London. 29 November 1872.
  3. ^ Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History By Lieutenant Commander Lawrie Phillips

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