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Comus Class steel corvettes. Photographs and history of the steel corvettes of the Comus Class, launched 1878 - 1881, including HMS Comus, HMS Carysfort, HMS Champion, HMS Cleopatra, HMS Conquest, HMS Curacoa, HMS Constance, HMS Canada and HMS Cordelia. |
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HMS Comus | 3rd April 1878 | Sold 1904 |
HMS Carysfort | 26th September 1878 | Sold 1899 |
HMS Champion | 1st July 1878 | Sold 1931 |
HMS Cleopatra | 1st August 1878 | Sold 1899 |
HMS Conquest | 28th October 1878 | Sold 1904 |
HMS Curacoa | 18th April 1878 | Sold 1899 |
HMS Constance | 9th June 1880 | Sold 1899 |
HMS Canada | 26th August 1881 | Sold 1897 |
HMS Cordelia | 25th October 1881 | Sold 1904 |
HMS Champion | ||
The fifth ?CHAMPION? is a 14-gun screw corvette, launched at Glasgow in 1878. She is of 2380 tons, 2300 horse-power, and 13 knots speed. Her length, beam, and draught were 225ft., 44ft., and 19ft. In August 1891 the ?Champion,? commanded by Captain Frederick St. Clair, co-operated with some American, French, and German vessels in landing men at Valparaiso in order to protect the consulates during a Chilian revolution. The officers of the international parties placed themselves in front of the muzzles of some machine guns with which the president-elect had intended to decimate the civilian populace. After some years service in the training squadron the ?Champion? became a strokers? training-ship at Chatham. |
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HMS Champion, 1878. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP3032 |
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HMS Cleopatra on Duty as Senior Officer's Ship off Newfoundland Here we have an incident of service in the Newfoundland division of the North America Station during the winter months. The ship is the cruiser Cleopatra, at the time a senior officer's ship, looking after the fisheries off Newfoundland, as the swallow-tailed pennant at the fore topmast indicates. At the time, 1896, the Cleopatra was at church, as shown by the pennant below the ensign in the mizzen rigging. The Cleopatra when off Newfoundland was the ship of Captain the Hon. A Curzon-Howe who became flag captain in the flying squadron. |
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HMS Curacoa | ||
HMS Curacoa, 1878. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP3033 |
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HMS Curacoa, 1891. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP3034 |
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HMS Constance | ||
HMS Constance, 1880. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP3035 |
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