HMS Daphne (1866)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Daphne.

HMS Daphne was an Amazon-class sloop, of the Royal Navy. She was in service from 1866 to 1879.

HMS Daphne 's sister-ship, HMS Dryad
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Daphne
Launched	23 October 1866
Fate	Sold for breaking up, 1882
General characteristics
Class and type	Amazon, Sloop
Tons burthen	1081 bm
Length	187 ft
Propulsion	Screw
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 4 guns
Notes	150 men

History

Daphne was built at the Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 23 October 1866. she spent her entire career east of Suez – in the East Indies and particularly on anti-slavery operations on the East coast of Africa.

She was commissioned at Plymouth on 12 June 1867 by Cdr George Lydiard Sulivan.. In October 1872, Daphne ran aground in the Mergui Archipelago. She was refloated and taken in to Bombay, India for repairs. Daphne came back to finally pay off in 1879.

"Each of her commissions lasted four years, and her ever recurring appearance at so many successive slave running seasons earned a tradition of wrath at the mention of her name among the merchants in that line of business", wrote Admiral Ballard in July 1938.

Publications

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

• "Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Daphne". pdavis.nl. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

• http://www.ajbrown.me.uk/IndividualStories/WGOrchard/HMS_Daphne.htm
• Dhow chasing in Zanzibar waters and on the eastern coast of Africa. Narrative of five years' experiences in the suppression of the slave trade by Sulivan, George Lydiard. Publication date: 1873. Reprint: Cambridge Library Collection, 2011.