History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Cadmus |
Launched | 20 May 1856 |
Out of service | 1874 |
Fate | Broken up 1879 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Pearl-class corvette |
Length | 200 feet |
Propulsion | Screw |
Armament | 21 |
HMS Cadmus was a wooden screw corvette launched on 20 May 1856 at Chatham Dockyard.[1] On 4 January 1865, she ran aground at Chatham, Kent. She was refloated.[2] Cadmus struck rocks at Salcombe on 5 June 1869 and was severely damaged.[3] She was consequently beached. She was taken in to Plymouth the next day.[4] She was broken up in 1879 at Devonport.[1]