&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:H.M.S._Diamond_RMG_PU6261.jpg) HMS Diamond
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Diamond |
| Namesake | Diamond |
| Builder | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Cost | £76,796 |
| Laid down | 1873 |
| Launched | 26 September 1874 |
| Completed | July 1875 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, August 1889 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Amethyst-class wooden screw corvette |
| Displacement | 1,934 long tons (1,965 t) |
| Tons burthen | 1,405 bm |
| Length | 220 ft (67.1 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11.3 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Installed power | 2,140 ihp (1,600 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Ship rig |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | approximately 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 225 |
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HMS Diamond was an Amethyst-class corvette in service 1874–89.