&sq=&lang=&file=File:Recognition_of_the_Republic_of_Brazil_by_Great_Britain_-_ILN_1890-1213-0008.jpg) Cleopatra saluting the Brazilian flag at Rio de Janeiro in 1890, the formal recognition of the Republic of Brazil by Great Britain
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Cleopatra |
| Builder | John Elder & Co Govan[1] |
| Yard number | 209[1] |
| Launched | 1 August 1878[1] |
| Name | HMS Defiance III[1] |
| Renamed | 1922[1] |
| Fate | Sold for scrap to S Castle, Millbay, July 1931[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Comus-class corvette |
| Displacement | 2,380 long tons (2,420 t)[1] |
| Length | 225 ft (69 m)[1] |
| Beam | 44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)[1] |
| Draught | 19 ft 6 in (6 m)[1] |
| Propulsion | Sail, engines by Humphrys, Tennant & Co.[1] |
HMS Cleopatra was a Royal Navy Comus-class screw corvette built in 1878.