HMS Nymphe (1866)
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.jpg) HMS Nymphe's sister-ship, HMS Dryad | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Nymphe |
| Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down | 1865[1] |
| Launched | 24 November 1866 |
| Commissioned | 1867 |
| Fate | Sold in December 1884 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw sloop |
| Displacement | 1,574 tons |
| Length | 187 ft (57 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 17 ft (5.2 m)[2] |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Complement | 150 (170 after armament converted) |
| Armament |
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HMS Nymphe was an Amazon-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built at the Deptford Dockyard and launched on 24 November 1866.[3] She served in the East Indies and Australia and was sold in 1884.
Propulsion
Designed by Edward Reed,[1] the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction, the hull was built of oak, with teak planking and fir decks, and she was equipped with a ram bow.[1]
Propulsion was provided by a three-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine by Maudslay, Sons & Field, driving a single 15 ft (4.6 m) screw.[1]
Sail Plan
All the ships of the class were built with a barque rig.[1]
Armament
The class was designed with two 7-inch (180 mm), 6½-ton muzzle-loading rifled guns mounted on slides on centre-line pivots, and two 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns on broadside trucks. Dryad, Nymphe and Vestal were rearmed in the early 1870s with an armament of nine 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns, four each side and a centre-line pivot mount at the bow.[1]
History
She initially commenced service on the East Indies Station in 1867, before returning to England in 1871 for paying off. Nymphe was refitted, re-armed, and placed in reserve. She started service on the Australia Station in March 1875.[3] She left the Australia Station in August 1878, returned to England, and was paid off in 1879.