HMS Orestes (1860)
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NameHMS Orestes
Launched18 August 1860
Out of service1865
FateBroken up
_-_Illustrated_Times_1860.jpg) Launch of the Orestes, at Sheerness (from a sketch by W. Darley), Illustrated Times 1860 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Orestes |
| Launched | 18 August 1860 |
| Out of service | 1865 |
| Fate | Broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Jason-class corvette |
| Tonnage | 1717 tons |
| Displacement | 2431 tons |
| Propulsion | Screw |
| Complement | 240 |
| Armament | 21 |
HMS Orestes was a wooden screw corvette launched from Sheerness dockyard[1] in 1860 for the Royal Navy.[2] She was commissioned in 1861 and served on the Cape of Good Hope station until 1865. She was broken up in Portsmouth in November 1866.[3]
