HMS Daring (1874)
Sloop of the Royal Navy
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HMS Daring was a 4-gun Fantome-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1874 and sold for breaking in 1889 after serving most of her career in the Pacific.
HMS Daring's sister ship, HMS Egeria | |
| History | |
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| Name | HMS Daring |
| Builder | Blackwall Yard, London |
| Laid down | 1872 |
| Launched | 4 February 1874[1] |
| Completed | September 1874 |
| Decommissioned | 1889 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, August 1889 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Fantome-class sloop |
| Displacement | 949 long tons (964 t) |
| Tons burthen | 727 bm |
| Length | 160 ft (48.8 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 31 ft 4 in (9.6 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Depth | 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m) |
| Installed power | 915 ihp (682 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque rig |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Range | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 125 |
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Construction
History
Daring served on the Pacific and China Stations, working some of the time for the Canadian Government, including conducting hydrography, for which the Canadian Government bore half the cost.[3] In Spring 18?? she carried Joseph Howe (the Provincial Secretary at the time) to the mouth of the Tangier River in Halifax County, Nova Scotia. There he arranged to have law and order restored by carving the gold diggings into appropriately sized lots, and offering them for rental for $40.[4] In 1877 Commander John Hammer made a sketch survey of the Skeena River entrance from Daring.[3]
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Fate
She was sold to a Mr J Cohen in 1889 and broken up.