HMS Alacrity (1872)
HMS Alacrity was a schooner of the Royal Navy, built by John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales as the yacht Ethel that the Royal Navy purchased in 1872.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name: | HMS Alacrity |
| Builder: | John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales |
| Launched: | 1872 |
| Acquired: | 1873 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1882 to Colony of New South Wales. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | schooner |
| Complement: | 27 |
She commenced service on the Australia Station at Sydney in 1873 as a tender for HMS Clio. She was later used for anti-blackbirding operations in the South Pacific and also for hydrographic surveys.[1] She was paid off in 1882 and sold to the Colony of New South Wales, which converted her to a powder hulk guardship.[1]
Alacrity was in use as an accommodation hulk at Bantry Bay during the Second World War.
Citations
- Bastock, pp.58-59.
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References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
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