Emerald Class Corvette (1876)
From The Dreadnought Project
Six Emerald class composite screw corvettes were built for the Royal Navy in the late 1870s.
| Overview of 6 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Emerald | Pembroke Royal Dockyard | 18 Aug, 1876 | Sold 1906 | ||
| Garnet | Chatham Royal Dockyard | Mar, 1875 | 30 Jun, 1877 | Sold 1904 | |
| Opal | William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland | 9 Mar, 1875 | Sold 1892 | ||
| Ruby | Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull | Jul, 1874 | 9 Aug, 1876 | Sold 1921 | |
| Tourmaline | Raylton Dixon | Jul, 1874 | 30 Oct, 1875 | Sold 1920 | |
| Turquoise | Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull | Jul, 1874 | 22 Apr, 1876 | Sold 1892 | |
Design & Construction
Performance
Armament
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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