HMS Opal (1875)
 Opal in Sydney
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Name | HMS Opal |
| Builder | William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
| Laid down | 13 October 1873 |
| Launched | 9 March 1875 |
| Fate | sold in August 1892 for breaking up at Sheerness. |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 220 feet (between perpendiculars) |
| Beam | 40 feet |
| Draught | 16ft 6in forwards, 18ft aft |
| Complement | 232 |
| Armament | 14 (later 12) x 64-pounder MLR guns |
HMS Opal was an Emerald class corvette of the Royal Navy, laid down as HMS Magicienne and built by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland and launched on 9 March 1875.[1]
She was completed with an armament of 14 64-pounder MLR guns (2 on bow and stern chasers, mounted on centre-line swivelling slides, and 12 on broadside slide mountings) and initially commenced service on the Pacific Station, and while on passage in 1876 hit a rock in the Strait of Magellan. She was damaged and repairs were undertaken at Esquimalt.[1] She returned to England in 1880 for refit, in which her broadside armament was reduced by 2 guns and she was re-rigged as a barque. She sailed for service on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station in 1883, before commencing service on the Australia Station in 1885.[1] She returned to England in 1890 and was placed into reserve. She was sold for breaking up at Sheerness in August 1892.[1]
Citations
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0867773480
- Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif (2004), The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
 | This article about a specific naval ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |