HMS Eclipse (1860)

HMS Cormorant, name ship of the class
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Eclipse
Ordered14 June 1859
Builder
Laid down8 August 1859
Launched18 September 1860
Decommissioned1867
FateBroken up at Sheerness in July 1867
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and typeCormorant-class first-class gunvessel
Displacement877 tons
Tons burthen694 66/94 bm
Length
  • 185 ft 0 in (56.4 m) (overall)
  • 165 ft 7+14 in (50.5 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
Draught11–12 ft (3.4–3.7 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 0 in (4.3 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarque[3]
Speed11 knots (20 km/h) (under steam)
Complement90
Armament

HMS Eclipse was a four-gun Cormorant-class first-class gunvessel launched in 1860 from the shipyard of J. Scott Russell & Co., Millwall. She served on the Australia Station, took part in the Second Taranaki War, including contributing men to a naval brigade which attacked the Maori stronghold at Gate Pā. The entire class were never satisfactory as gunvessels, partly due to their excessive draught, and Eclipse was broken up at Sheerness in 1867, only seven years after her launch.

  1. ^ Preston (2007), p.157
  2. ^ Winfield (2004), pp.222-223.
  3. ^ Winfield (2004) p.218