H.M.S. Opal (1875)

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H.M.S. Opal (1875)
Builder: William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland[1]
Launched: 9 Mar, 1875[2]
Completed: Jan, 1876[3]
Sold: 1892[4]
H.M.S. Opal was one of six Emerald Class corvettes completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Sheerness on 13 March, 1883 under command of Captain Arthur Thomas Brooke on the Australia Station.[5]

She re-commissioned at Sydney on 27 October, 1886.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  5. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 227.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 235.
  7. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 227.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 234.

Bibliography


Emerald Class Corvette
  Emerald Garnet Opal  
  Ruby Tourmaline Turquoise