Name | Druid (1869) | Explanation | |
Type | Corvette | ||
Launched | 13 March 1869 | ||
Hull | Wooden | Length | 220 feet |
Propulsion | Screw | Men | 220 |
Builders measure | |||
Displacement | 1791 tons | ||
Guns | 10 | ||
Fate | 1886 | Last in commission | 1882 |
Class | Briton | ||
Ships book | ADM 135/140 | ||
Career | |||
Date | Event | ||
13 March 1869 | Launched at Deptford Dockyard (last ship built there). | ||
15 February 1872 - 28 March 1873 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Captain Maurice Horatio Nelson, west coast of Africa | ||
28 March 1873 - 27 January 1874 | Commanded by Captain William Hans Blake, west coast of Africa (until he died) | ||
February 1874 - May 1874 | Commanded by Acting Captain Percy Patt Luxmoore, west coast of Africa, then Sheerness | ||
May 1874 - 14 December 1876 | Commanded by Captain Arthur George Robertson Roe, North America and West Indies | ||
18 February 1879 - 1 September 1882 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain William Robert Kennedy, North America and West Indies | ||
10 November 1886 | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton. |