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| Name | Shannon (1875) | Explanation | |
| Type | Frigate | ||
| Launched | 11 November 1875 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | |||
| Displacement | 5390 tons | ||
| Guns | 15 | ||
| Fate | 1899 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1883 Coastguard. 1893 reserve | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 17 July 1877 - 23 July 1879 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Captain William Burley Grant, Channel squadron, then East Indies (June 1878), then home, then (February 1879) Channel squadron | ||
| 23 July 1879 - 19 July 1881 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain John D'Arcy, Pacific | ||
| 1 June 1883 - 4 August 1885 | Commanded by Captain Edward Stanley Adeane, Coast Guard, Greenock (including summer cruise 14 June - 3 August 1883, 8 June - 5 August 1884 and 23 May - 24 July 1885) | ||
| 23 August 1885 - 31 October 1886 | Commanded by Captain Charles George Frederick Knowles, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Greenock (including summer cruise: 4 June - 4 August 1886) | ||
| 1 November 1886 - 28 February 1889 | Commanded by Captain Francis Richard Blackburne, Ship of First Reserve, Coastguard, Greenock (with summer cruises in July-August of 1887 and 1888) | ||
| 14 February 1889 - 17 July 1891 | Commanded by Captain Arthur Edward Dupuis, Coast Guard, Bantry (including manoeuvres 16 July - 30 August 1889 and 22 July - 23 August 1890) | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 12 July 1880 | It is proposed to pay off and lay up, after repair, at Devonport, during the present year the Achilles and Agincourt, now with the Channel Squadron, the Condor and Flamingo, now in the Mediterranean, but commissioned for special service in the Black Sea, the Wild Swan, from the East Indies, and the Modeste, Swinger, Sylvia, Hornet, and Midge from the China station. The two latter will pay off at Hongkong and be navigated home by a supernumerary crew is consequence of the majority of their officers and men having volunteered for other service upon the station. The Wivern will also pay off at Hongkong, but will remain as reserve drill ship upon that station. The Devonport reserve contingent will also be strengthened by the return of the Forward from the south-east coast of America, the Griffon from North America and the West Indies, and the Pelican, Penguin, and Shannon from the Pacific. Portsmouth will receive the Minotaur from the Mediterranean, and will be intrusted with her alteration and repair, for which ?100,000 will be required, the Swallow and the Elk from the south-east coast of America, the Plover from North America, and the Hector, now Coastguard ship at Southampton. The Fawn, surveying vessel in the Sea of Marmora, having made a fairly accurate sketch of the bed of that sea during the three years she has been engaged on that duty, will return to Chatham to pay off and lay up, as also will the T?m?raire from the Mediterranean, and the Tourmaline from the North American coast. Sheerness will have the repairing and charge of the Helicon from the Mediterranean, the Blanche from North America and the West Indies, the Osprey from the Pacific, and the Ruby, Spartan, and Vulture from the East Indies. During the year the Enchantress, the Orontes, the Jackal, the Orwell, and the Foxhound are to be re-commissioned, the latter at Hongkong. | ||
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