Name | Defiance II (launched as Perseus, 1861) | Explanation | |
Type | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | ||
Launched | 21 August 1861 | ||
Hull | Wooden | Length | 185 feet |
Propulsion | Screw | Men | 180 |
Builders measure | 955 tons | ||
Displacement | 1365 tons | ||
Guns | 17 | ||
Fate | 1931 | Last in commission | 1869 |
Class | Camelion | ||
Ships book | |||
Career | |||
Date | Event | ||
21 August 1861 | Launched at Pembroke Dockyard | ||
28 September 1862 - 21 November 1864 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander Augustus John Kingston, China (including the bombardments of Kagoshima and Simonoseki) | ||
13 September 1864 - 20 November 1864 | Commanded by Acting Commander William Henry Cuming, China | ||
21 November 1864 - 22 January 1866 | Commanded (until paying off) by Commander Charles Edward Stevens, China | ||
21 November 1864 - 22 March 1865 | Commanded by Commander William Henry Cuming, China | ||
23 January 1866 - 24 October 1869 | Commanded (from commissioning until paying off) by Commander Charles Edward Stevens, China | ||
(1879) | Used for scrubbing hammocks &c. for Cambridge, Devonport | ||
(1890) | Attached to Defiance for torpedo instructional purposes, Devonport | ||
1904 | Renamed Defiance II | ||
26 June 1931 | Sold | ||
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