HMS Modeste was a Amethyst-class corvette built for the Royal Navy in the early 1870s. She served in the Perak campaign in the 1870s.

Modeste, Yokohama, Japan in 1877
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Modeste
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
CostApproximately £77,000
Laid down27 November 1871
Launched23 May 1873
CompletedJanuary 1874
FateSold for scrap, 8 January 1888
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeAmethyst-class wooden screw corvette
Displacement1,934 long tons (1,965 t)
Tons burthen1,405 bm
Length220 ft (67.1 m) (p/p)
Beam37 ft (11.3 m)
Draught18 ft (5.5 m)
Installed power2,068 ihp (1,542 kW)
Propulsion
Sail planShip rig
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Rangeapproximately 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement225
Armament14 × 64-pounder 71-cwt rifled muzzle-loading (RML) guns

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Bibliography

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  • Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.