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Eclipse Wooden Screw Corvettes The Surveyor to the Royal Navy during 1863 to 1870, Sir Edward Reid was the designer of these seven Wooden Screw Corvettes. HMS Eclipse, Blanche, Danae, Dido, Sirius, Spartan and HMS Tenedos. initially designed to be Ram-bow Sloops, but were upgraded to become Corvettes, with similarities to the Amazon class Corvettes apart form being 25 feet longer. HMS Eclipse was built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on the 14th November 1867, and completed in June 1868. her Displacement was 1755tons. and speed 12.24 Knots she was armed with Two 7 -inch MLR and four 64 Pounder MLR, later her 7-inch guns were removed and a total of twelve 64 pounder were fitted.
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HMS Eclipse | 14th November 1867 | Scrapped 1921 |
HMS Blanche | 17th August 1867 | Sold 1886 |
HMS Danae | 21st May 1867 | Scrapped 1906 |
HMS Dido | 23rd October 1869 | Scrapped 1922 |
HMS Sirius | 24th April 1868 | Sold 1885 |
HMS Spartan | 24th November 1868 | Sold in 1882 |
HMS Tenedos | 13th May 1870 | Sold in 1887 |
The eighth ?Blanche? was a 6-gun screw sloop, launched at Chatham in 1867. She was of 1755 tons, 2158 horsepower, and 13.5 knots speed. Hr length, beam and draught were 212ft, 36ft, and 16ft. In September 1868 the ?Blanche? Captain john E. Montgomerie, shelled one or two villages as a punitive measure at Rodora Bay, in the Solomon Islands. In 1886 this vessel was sold for ?3600. |
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HMS Sirius, 1869. |
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HMS Tenedos, 1872. |
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