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HMS Daphne - World Naval Ships Directory

HMS Daphne
Name : HMS Daphne
Laid Down :
Launched : 23rd October 1866
Completed : June 1867
Type : Sloop
Class :
Builder : Pembroke
Country : UK
Pennants :
Fate : Sold 7th November 1882.

June 1867 – commissioned at Portsmouth Commander George Sullivan July 1867 – at Portsmouth, fitting and completing trials 3 Aug – sailed 4 – 19 Aug - at Plymouth, defect repairs 19 Aug – sailed Plymouth 18 Oct – sailed Simons Bay for Bombay Jan - Apr1868 – deployed to Abyssinia to support campaign Jun/Jul – Bombay For the latter half of 1868 based on the east coast of Africa employed in suppressing the slave trade – slaves being taken up the east coast to the Persian Gulf Aug – Dec – calls at Aden; Tamatave (Madagascar); Seychelles; Zanzibar 6 and 7 Oct - Two slave dhows captured 26 Oct – sailed Zanzibar 28 Oct – chased an Arab slaving dhow; it eventually ran itself onshore where “...masses of the unfortunate slaves could be seen struggling in the surf”. Sullivan launched the boats of the Daphne to rescue several, despite coming under fire from Somali slavers This activity continued – between 28 Oct and 5 Nov she captured or destroyed fifteen Arab slaving dhows and her decks were crowded with over 300 rescued slaves – they were landed in the Seychelles. Several times the dhows ran themselves onshore to escape capture which led to the boats being manned in attempts to rescue the slaves often having to row into the surf breaking on the beaches Dec – at Zanzibar 1869 Apr – May – evidently between Aden and Zanzibar 23 Apr – captured a slave dhow 16 May – slave dhow captured June 1869 - Commander George A Douglas appointed to command Jun – Aug – uncertain; Bombay? Sep/Oct – at Bombay 27 Oct – sailed for the Persian Gulf following reports that HMS Clyde had been fired on Nov / Dec– blockaded Bahrain in company with the Clyde and Nymph”to deal with a troublesome chief” and landed parties to take Manamah. This expedition lasted 20 days and most hands were employed at some stage in boats or on shore; several bombardments of enemy positions took place and Commander Douglas was wounded by the exploding of a mine. The episode was completed by taking a new ruler from Qatar to Bahrain and transporting five leaders of the rebellion (described as pirates) back to Bombay Jan 1870 - Bombay 10 Feb – sailed Bombay 26 Feb – Aden 14 March – Suez 18 Mar – Port Said 30 Mar – 6 Apr – Malta 19 Apr – Gibraltar 10 May – arrived Spithead; discharged some invalids and passengers brought from India 12 May – arrived Plymouth 24 May – ship paid off into reserve

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Depicting the No.19 Sqn Spitfire Mk.IIA of Flt Lt Walter Lawson attacking a a Bf.109 E-4 of JG.3 in the Summer of 1940. The final tally of Lawson before he was listed as missing in August 1941 was 6 confirmed, 1 shared, 3 probables and 1 damaged. The Bf.109 shown here was flown by Oberleutnant Franz von Werra. He survived this encounter, but was shot down over Kent in September 1940.

Flt Lt Walter Lawson by Ivan Berryman. (B)
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Red Stars Over Berlin, 12th August 1941 by David Pentland.
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Incident over Mannheim by Ivan Berryman. (AP)
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Operation Manna by Ivan Berryman.
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Return From Leipzig by Anthony Saunders. (Y)
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USS Hornet. Doolittles Raiders by Ivan Berryman (P)
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Pedestal Convoy by Anthony Saunders (Y)
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