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Eclipes
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 Eclipes, 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
Eclipes 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 |
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HMS
Blanche |
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HMS
Blanche - Name History |
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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 |
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HMS Sirius, 1869.
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HMS Tenedos |
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HMS Tenedos, 1872.
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