HMS Daphne (1888)

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Daphne
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid down20 June 1887
Launched29 May 1888
CompletedMay 1889
FateSold 1904
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeNymphe-class sloop
Displacement1,140 long tons (1,160 t)
Length195 ft (59.4 m)
Beam28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Propulsion
Sail planSchooner-rigged
Speed13.5 kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Endurance3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement138
Armament8 × BL 5-inch (127 mm) guns 8 × machine guns

HMS Daphne was a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop and the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. Developed and constructed for the Royal Navy on a design by William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction, she was launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 29 May 1888.[2] It was the first command of Admiral Sir William Christopher Pakenham, KCB, KCMG, KCVO.

  1. ^ Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, pp. 58.
  2. ^ "Naval Sloops at battleships-cruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 8 December 2017.