&sq=&lang=&file=File:Picturesque_New_Guinea_Plate_XLVI_-_The_Voyage_Homeward_on_board_HMS_Dart.jpg) The crew of Dart in 1885
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Dart |
| Acquired | March 1882 |
| Fate | Lent to New South Wales Government in April 1904 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw schooner |
| Displacement | 470 ton |
| Length | 133 ft (41 m) |
| Beam | 25.2 ft (7.7 m) |
| Depth | 13+1⁄2 ft (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 cylinder steam engine 16" & 32"-24" |
| Notes | Iron frame planked. Designer St Clare Byrne. Sails by Lapthorn and Ramseys |
HMS Dart was a schooner of the Royal Navy, built by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Barrow and launched in 1877 as Cruiser for Lord Eglinton. She was subsequently purchased by the Colonial Office for the use of Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon as governor of the Fiji Islands. On his appointment to New Zealand, Cruiser was purchased by the Royal Navy as a tender for the training ship Britannia and the name changed to Dart in March 1882.[1][2]