H.M.S. Cleopatra (1878)

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H.M.S. Cleopatra (1878)
Builder: John Elder & Company, Glasgow[1]
Laid down: 1876[2]
Launched: 1 Aug, 1878[3]
Completed: 1878[4]
Sold: 1931[5]

H.M.S. Cleopatra was one of nine Comus Class corvettes completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport 24 August, 1880 to take the place of Modeste on the China Station..[6]

Captains

The conflict between Thursby and Lloyd is noted.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 201.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 201.
  8. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 201.
  9. Keppel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14/239. f. ?.
  10. Keppel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14/239. f. ?.
  11. Musgrave Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/297. f. 938.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 206.
  13. Musgrave Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/297. f. 938.
  14. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 210.
  15. Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 276.
  16. Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 276.
  17. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 238.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 240.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 240.
  20. Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 72.
  21. Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 72.
  22. Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 72.
  23. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 295.
  24. Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.
  25. Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.

Bibliography


Comus Class Corvette
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