HMS Egeria (1873)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Egeria.
For other uses, see Egeria.
HMS Egeria was a 4-gun screw sloop of the Fantome class launched at Pembroke on 1 November 1873. She was named after Egeria, a water nymph of Roman mythology, and was the second ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. After a busy career in the East Indies, Pacific, Australia and Canada, she was sold for breaking in 1914 and was burnt at Burrard Inlet in British Columbia.
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HMS Egeria | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Egeria |
Builder | Pembroke Royal Dockyard |
Cost | Hull £32,468, machinery £10,414[1] |
Laid down | 30 December 1872 |
Launched | 1 November 1873[2] |
Completed | November 1874 |
Reclassified | As survey ship, October 1886 |
Fate | Sold, October 1911 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fantome-class sloop |
Displacement | 949 long tons (964 t) |
Tons burthen | 727 bm |
Length | 160 ft (48.8 m) (p/p) |
Beam | 31 ft 4 in (9.6 m) |
Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Depth | 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m) |
Installed power | 1,011 ihp (754 kW) |
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Sail plan | Barque rig |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Range | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 125 |
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