HMS Nymphe (1866)

HMS Nymphe's sister-ship, HMS Dryad
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Nymphe
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid down1865
Launched24 November 1866
Commissioned1867
FateSold in December 1884
General characteristics
TypeScrew sloop
Displacement1,574 tons
Length187 ft (57 m)
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draught17 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 planBarque-rigged
Speed13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement150 (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. She served in the East Indies and Australia, and was sold in 1884.

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