HMS Nymphe (1866)

	HMS Nymphe's sister-ship, HMS Dryad
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Nymphe
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	1865
Launched	24 November 1866
Commissioned	1867
Fate	Sold in December 1884
General characteristics
Type	Screw Sloop
Displacement	1,574 tons
Length	187 ft (57 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draught	17 ft (5.2 m)
Installed power	300 nhp; 1,464 ihp (1,092 kW);
Propulsion	Three-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine; Single screw;
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement	150 (170 after armament converted)
Armament	As built:; 2 × 7-inch (6½-ton) muzzle-loading rifled guns; 2 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns; After conversion:; 9 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns;

HMS Nymphe was an Amazon-class sloop, of the Royal Navy, built at the Deptford Dockyard and launched on 24 November 1866.^[3] She served in the East Indies and Australia, and was sold in 1884.

Design

Designed by Edward Reed,^[1] the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction, the hull was built of oak, with teak planking and fir decks, and she was equipped with a ram bow.^[1]

Propulsion

Propulsion was provided by a three-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine by Maudslay, Sons & Field driving a single 15 ft (4.6 m) screw.^[1]

Sail Plan

All the ships of the class were built with a barque rig.^[1]

Armament

The class was designed with two 7-inch (180 mm), 6½-ton muzzle-loading rifled guns mounted on slides on centre-line pivots, and two 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns on broadside trucks. Dryad, Nymphe and Vestal were rearmed in the early 1870s with an armament of nine 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns, four each side and a centre-line pivot mount at the bow.^[1]

History

She initially commenced service on the East Indies Station in 1867, before returning to England in 1871 for paying off. Nymphe was refitted, re-armed and placed in reserve. She started service on the Australia Station in March 1875.^[3] She left the Australia Station in August 1878, returned to England and was paid off in 1879.

Fate

She was sold from Chatham Dockyard in February 1885 to Castle and Sons, Vauxhall, Surrey for £3,745. She was taken to Vauxhall and broken up.^[3]^[4]

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Winfield (2004) p. 290
^ ^a ^b "Cruisers at Battleships-Cruisers website". Retrieved 17 September 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bastock, p. 64.
^ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. No. 31372. London. 17 February 1885. col C, p. 5.

References

Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.

[RW-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Winfield (2004) p. 290

[BC-2] "Cruisers at Battleships-Cruisers website". Retrieved 17 September 2008.

[Bastock-3] Bastock, p. 64.

[Times170285-4] "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. No. 31372. London. 17 February 1885. col C, p. 5.

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v t e Amazon-class sloops
Amazon Vestal Niobe Dryad Daphne Nymphe
Preceded by: Rosario class Followed by: Eclipse class
List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy

History
HMS Nymphe's sister-ship, HMS Dryad
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Nymphe
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	1865^[1]
Launched	24 November 1866
Commissioned	1867
Fate	Sold in December 1884
General characteristics
Type	Screw Sloop
Displacement	1,574 tons
Length	187 ft (57 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draught	17 ft (5.2 m)^[2]
Installed power	300 nhp^[2] 1,464 ihp (1,092 kW)^[1]
Propulsion	Three-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine Single screw
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement	150 (170 after armament converted)
Armament	As built: 2 × 7-inch (6½-ton) muzzle-loading rifled guns 2 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns After conversion: 9 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns^[1]