AMETHYST Wooden Screw Corvettes The
first class to be fitted with the new compound engines. These wooden screw
Corvettes were designed by Nathaniel Barnaby. There were five
Corvette sin the class HMS Amethyst, Diamond, Encounter Modeste and HMS
Sapphire. with HMS Sapphire being the last wooden cruiser or Corvette
built for the Royal navy. another "Last" being HMS Diamond being
the last wooden hulled ship to be built at Sheerness Dockyard.
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| HMS Amethyst |
19th April 1873 |
Sold 1887 |
| HMS Diamond |
26th August 1874 |
Sold 1889 |
| HMS Encounter |
1st January 1873 |
Sold 1888 |
| HMS Modeste |
23rd May 1873 |
Sold 1888 |
| HMS Sapphire |
24th September
1874 |
Sold 1892 |
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HMS Amethyst |
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HMS Amethyst, 1873.
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HMS Diamond |
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HMS Diamond, 1875.
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Calliope Dock, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.
HMS Calliope and HMS Diamond are present as the dock
opens in February 1888.
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HMS Sapphire |
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HMS Sapphire, 1875.
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