A postcard of HMS Lily
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Lily |
Ordered | 1873 |
Builder | Robert Napier and Sons, Govan, Glasgow |
Cost | £34,108[1] |
Yard number | 334 |
Laid down | 1873 |
Launched | 27 October 1874 |
Commissioned | August 1875 |
Decommissioned | 1885 |
Fate | Wrecked, 16 September 1889 |
General characteristics (as built)[1] | |
Class and type | Arab-class composite gunvessel |
Displacement | 720 long tons (730 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Barque rig |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Range | 790 nmi (1,460 km; 910 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 90 |
Armament |
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HMS Lily was an Arab-class composite gunvessel built for the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1874, saw service in Chinese and North American waters, and was wrecked on the coast of Labrador on 16 September 1889.