HMS Daphne (1838)

HMS Daphne was a Royal Navy corvette, the name ship of her class, commissioned in 1839

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Daphne.

Daphne in 1842
History
Name: HMS Daphne
Ordered: 26 February 1834
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Cost: £13,515
Laid down: December 1835
Launched: 6 August 1838
Commissioned: 2 February 1839
Fate: Sold March 1864
General characteristics
Class and type: Daphne-class corvette
Tons burthen: 730 ​71⁄94 tons bm
Length:
  • 120 ft (36.6 m) (overall)
  • 99 ft 5.5 in (30.3 m) (keel)
Depth of hold: 18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Complement: 175
Armament: 18 × 32-pounder guns
Daphne dismasted off Mazattan 28 October 1851

Daphne ran aground on the Horse Bank in the Solent on 5 January 1847. She was refloated with assistance from the paddle tug HMS Echo and towed to Spithead in Hampshire.[1][2] She was repaired and returned to service.

Daphne was sold in 1866.

References

Footnotes
  1. "Naval Intelligence". The Times (19440). London. 7 January 1847. col C, p. 7.
  2. "Ship News". The Standard (6993). London. 7 January 1847.

Bibliography
  • Lyon, David and Rif Winfield. The Sail and Steam Navy List: All of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham Publishing. 2004, p. 120.
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