HMS Champion (1878)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Champion
BuilderJ. Elder & Co., Glasgow
Laid down17 August 1876
Launched1 July 1878
Commissioned7 December 1880
FateScrapped in 1919
General characteristics
Class & typeComus-class corvette
Displacement2,380 long tons
Length225 ft (69 m)
Beam44.6 ft (14 m)
Draught
  • 16 ft 9 in (5 m) forward
  • 19 ft 10 in (6 m) aft
Propulsion2 engines of 2,590 ihp driving single screw
Speed13 kt
Range3840 miles @ 10 knots
Complement265
Armament

HMS Champion was one of nine Comus-class corvettes of the Royal Navy, built in the late 1870s and early 1880s to a design by Nathaniel Barnaby. Champion was one of three in the class built by J. Elder & Co., Govan, Scotland and was launched on 1 July 1878. She was the third vessel under this name in the Royal Navy.

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