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<div name=fredbot:career> {{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Curacoa'' (1878)|fate2= |hullno= |comp=1878{{Conways1860|p. 52}} |fatedate=1904{{Conways1860|p. 52}} |order= |name=Curacoa |launch=18 Apr, 1878{{Conways1860|p. 52}} |builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company|John Elder & Company]], Glasgow{{Conways1860|p. 52}} |laid=1876{{Conways1860|p. 52}} |fate=Sold |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Curacoa''''' was one of nine [[Comus Class Corvette (1878)|''Comus'' Class corvettes]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Service== Commissioned at Devonport on 24 February, 1880.{{NLDec81|p. 204}} Re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 28 March, 1883.{{NLSep85|p. 204}} The vessel participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]].{{ToL|The Naval Review at Spithead|25 June 1897; p. 13}} ==Captains== <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Curacoa''" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Samuel Long|nick=Samuel Long|appt=2 May, 1881{{NLDec81|p. 203}}<ref>Long Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/2058.|}} f. 816.</ref>|end=27 March, 1883<ref>Long Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/2058.|}} f. 816.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Graham Job Hanmer|nick=John G. J. Hanmer|appt=6 November, 1884{{NLSep85|p. 204}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Wilbraham Stopford|nick=Robert W. Stopford|appt=15 March, 1888{{NLMar91|p. 214}}|end=15 July, 1891{{FC}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert William Sumner Gibson|nick=Herbert W. S. Gibson|appt=5 November, 1891{{NLApr94|p. 213}}|end=31 May, 1895}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram|nick=Thomas H. M. Jerram|appt=2 June, 1896{{NLOct98|p. 242}}|end=|note=and for the Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert Lyon|nick=Herbert Lyon|appt=1 February, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 241}}|end=}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Curacoa_(1878)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer Comus Class Corvette (1878)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Curacoa}} {{CatShipCorvette|UK}}

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