HMS Daphne (1838) - Misplaced Pages

Daphne-class Royal Navy corvette For other ships with the same name, see HMS Daphne.

History
Daphne in 1842
United Kingdom
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

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

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. She was repaired and returned to service.

Daphne was sold in 1866.

References

Footnotes

"Naval Intelligence". The Times. No. 19440. London. 7 January 1847. col C, p. 7.
"Ship News". The Standard. No. 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.

External links

Media related to HMS Daphne (1838) at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1847
Shipwrecks	5 Jan: HMS Daphne 10 Jan: Barrosa 16 Jan: SS Sirius 25 Jan: Lord Auckland 14 Feb: HMS Rodney February (unknown date): HMS Thetis 20 Mar: HMS Blenheim 15 Apr: Cleopatra 14 May: Baboo 2 Aug: Governor Gawler 18 Aug: Gloire 18 Sep: HMS Fisgard 25 Sep: HMS Comus 10 Nov: Stephen Whitney 21 Nov: Phoenix 15 Dec: USRC Crawford 20 Dec: HMS Avenger
Other incidents	February (unknown date): HMS Jackal June: Looshtauk 15 Sep: HMS Birkenhead
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