HMS Nymphe (1866)

	HMS Nymphe's sister-ship, HMS Dryad
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Nymphe
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	1865
Launched	24 November 1866
Commissioned	1867
Fate	Sold in December 1884
General characteristics
Type	Screw Sloop
Displacement	1,574 tons
Length	187 ft (57 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draught	17 ft (5.2 m)
Installed power	300 nhp; 1,464 ihp (1,092 kW);
Propulsion	Three-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine; Single screw;
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement	150 (170 after armament converted)
Armament	As built:; 2 × 7-inch (6½-ton) muzzle-loading rifled guns; 2 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns; After conversion:; 9 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns;

HMS Nymphe was an Amazon-class sloop, of the Royal Navy, built at the Deptford Dockyard and launched on 24 November 1866.^[3] She served in the East Indies and Australia, and was sold in 1884.

^ ^a ^b ^c Winfield (2004) p. 290
^ ^a ^b "Cruisers at Battleships-Cruisers website". Retrieved 17 September 2008.
^ Bastock, p. 64.

History
HMS Nymphe's sister-ship, HMS Dryad
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Nymphe
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	1865^[1]
Launched	24 November 1866
Commissioned	1867
Fate	Sold in December 1884
General characteristics
Type	Screw Sloop
Displacement	1,574 tons
Length	187 ft (57 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draught	17 ft (5.2 m)^[2]
Installed power	300 nhp^[2] 1,464 ihp (1,092 kW)^[1]
Propulsion	Three-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine Single screw
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement	150 (170 after armament converted)
Armament	As built: 2 × 7-inch (6½-ton) muzzle-loading rifled guns 2 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns After conversion: 9 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns^[1]