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Emerald class masted cruisers of the
Royal Navy launched from 1875-77. Ships in the class were HMS Emerald,
HMS Garnet, HMS Opal, HMS Ruby, HMS Tourmaline and HMS Turquoise. HMS
Tourmaline was paid off in July/ August 1896 and sold for scrapping in
1920.
Designed by Nathaniel Barnaby. The frames and
keel were made of wrought Iron and the stem and stern posts made of Cast
Iron. The cladding was made of double layer of teak with the first layer
being secured directly to the frame. and the second secured to the
first layer. Due to the Admiralty deciding to pout the engine
contract out to tender resulting in price cutting all the class received
inferior engines. So bad were the engines that the Chief Engineer
of HMS Tourmaline committed suicide.
Displacement: 2120 tons.
I.H.P: c.2,000 Length: 220 feet. Beam:
40ft. Depth: 18 ft. Speed: c.13 knots.
Complement: 230. |
| HMS Emerald |
18th August 1876 |
Sold to breakers 1906. |
| HMS Garnet |
30th June 1877 |
Sold to breakers 1904. |
| HMS Opal |
9th March 1875 |
Sold to breakers 1892. |
| HMS
Ruby |
9th August 1876 |
Sold to breakers 1921. |
| HMS
Tourmaline |
30th October 1875 |
Sold to breakers 1921. |
| HMS Turquoise |
22nd April 1876 |
Sold to breakers 1892. |
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HMS Emerald |
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HMS Emerald.
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HMS Emerald
- Name History |
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The sixth “EMERALD” was a 12-gun screw corvette
launched at Pembroke in 1876. She
was of 2120 tons, 2170 horse-power, and 14 knots speed.
Her length, beam, and draught were 220ft., 40ft., and 19ft.
In 1889 the “Emerald,” commanded by Captain William Henry
Maxwell, proceeded to the Solomon Islands to punish the natives for the
murder of a boat’s crew belonging to the British schooner “Sandfly.”
The murderers were then not discovered, but their villages were
burned. Some time later
Bishop Selwyn persuaded the chief to surrender the ringleaders, who were
duly executed. This vessel
ended her career as a powder hulk at Portsmouth, and in 1906 she was
sold. |
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HMS Ruby |
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HMS Ruby pictured pre 1896.
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Emerald Class cruiser HMS Ruby c.1900 with sails rigged.
The Ruby was launched in June 1877 and had a complement of 230 and a speed
of 12.3knots. |
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HMS Garnet |
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HMS Garnet, 1878.
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