HMS Daphne (1888)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Daphne.
History
Name: HMS Canada
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down: 20 June 1887
Launched: 29 May 1888
Completed: May 1889
Fate: Sold 1904
General characteristics [1]
Displacement: 1,140 long tons (1,160 t)
Length: 195 ft (59.4 m)
Beam: 28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught: 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Propulsion:
Sail plan: Schooner-rigged
Speed: 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Endurance: 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 138
Armament:

8 × BL 5-inch (127 mm) guns

8 × machine guns

HMS Daphne was a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop and the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. Developed and constructed for the Royal Navy on a design by William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction, she was launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 29 May 1888,[2] It was the first command of Admiral Sir William Christopher Pakenham, KCB, KCMG, KCVO.

References

  1. Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, pp. 58.
  2. Naval sloops
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