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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at Devonport on 18 January, 1883 for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLSep85|p. 235}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wollaston Comyns Karslake|nick=Wollaston C. Karslake|appt=18 May, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 228}}|end=}}
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Revision as of 17:49, 3 August 2017

H.M.S. Sapphire (1874)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 24 Sep, 1874[2]
Completed: Aug, 1875[3]
Sold: 1892[4]

H.M.S. Sapphire was one of five Amethyst Class corvettes completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 18 January, 1883 for service on the China Station.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 235.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 235.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 228.

Bibliography


Amethyst Class Corvette
Amethyst Diamond Encounter Modeste Sapphire
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