H.M.S. Penelope (1867)

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H.M.S. Penelope (1867)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 4 Sep, 1865[2]
Launched: 18 Jun, 1867[3]
Commissioned: 27 Jun, 1868[4]
Sold: 1912[5]

H.M.S. Penelope was a central-battery armoured corvette completed for the Royal Navy in 1868.

Design & Construction

Armament

Service

By 1881, she was a Coast Guard and Drill Ship of the Naval Reserve temporarily stationed at Kingstown in the absence of Template:UK-1Belleisle.[6]

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 October, 1888.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 230.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 242.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1869). p. 209.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1869). p. 209.
  10. The Navy List. (November, 1871). p. 167.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 167.
  12. Hardinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/16/224. f. ?.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 163.
  14. Hardinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/16/224. f. ?.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 230.
  16. The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 230.
  17. Email from a great-grandson or daughter to Tone, 20170207.
  18. Email from a great-grandson or daughter to Tone, 20170207.
  19. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 229.
  20. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 242.



Central Battery Armoured Corvette H.M.S. Penelope