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| Name | Dragon (1878) | Explanation | |
| Type | Sloop | ||
| Launched | 30 May 1878 | ||
| Hull | Composite | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
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| Displacement | 1130 tons | ||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1892 | ||
| Class | Doterel | ||
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| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 3 June 1880 - 10 November 1882 | Commanded by Commander Edward Grey Hulton, East Indies | ||
| 18 October 1882 - 14 June 1884 | Commanded by Commander Edward Alverne Bolitho. East Indies | ||
| 8 April 1884 - 27 August 1886 | Commanded (until paying off) by Commander Charles Vernon Anson, East Indies | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Tu 6 January 1880 | The following Information respecting the movements of Her Majesty’s ships is supplied by the Admiralty The Achilles arrived at Gibraltar on the 3d inst., would coal on the 5th, and leave for Lisbon on the 6th inst. The Orontes arrived at Port Said on the 3d inst. The Jumna arrived at Port Said on the 3d inst. The Euphrates arrived at Malta on the 1st inst., and sailed on the 2d for Port Said. The Comus arrived at Madeira on the 3d inst. and left on the 4th. The Albatross arrived at Aden on the 1st of January and proceeded. From the East Indies Station letters have been received from Rear-Admiral Gore Jones in the Vulture, at Bombay, up to the 15th of December. The Euryalus left on the 13th of December for Aden and Suez; she will be docked at Suez; Rear-Admiral Jones, having transferred his flag to the Vulture, remains at Bombay. The Ruby returned to Rangoon on the 14h of December from Maulmain; she will procced to Trincomalee and Bombay when relieved by the Spartan. The Wild Swan was at Rangoon. The Spartan left Trincomalee on the 8th of December for Rangoon to relieve the Ruby. The Dragon arrived at Zanzibar on the 1st of November, and left on the 12th of November for Johanna to relieve the Rifleman; she would call at Lindi, and then cruise near the Comoro Islands. The Vestal was at Mozambique on the 6th of November. The Rifleman was at Johanna on the 3d of November, would go to Zanzibar, and thence to Aden on her way to England. The Beacon was at Bahrein on the 6th of December. The Ready was at Muscat on the 7th of December. | ||
| Ma 15 November 1880 | The following information respecting the movements of Her Majesty's ships is supplied by the Admiralty: — From Malta letters have been received from the Rear-Admiral Superintendent up to the 8th inst.; the Téméraire will be ready for sea the 27th inst.; and the Cygnet on the 20th inst.; the Invincible and Hecla are in port. Her Majesty's troopship Orontes left Port Said for England on the 12th inst. From the West Coast of Africa letters hive been received from the Senior Officer in the Dido, at Fernando Po, up to the 2d of October; had arrived from Bonny on the 1st of October, with the Firebrand in company, and would proceed to Ambas Bay, Batanga, and Cape Lopez, returning to Quitta via St Thomas. The Firebrand would relieve the Firefly at St. Paul de Loando. From the Cape of Good Hope intelligence has been received that the Commodore, in the Boadicea, was at Simon's Bay on the 14th inst. From the East Indies, letters have been received from the Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Gore Jones, C.B., in the Euryalus, was at Trincomalee up to the 12th of October. Was about to sail for Rangoon, and would be met there by the Eclipse and the Dryad. The Beacon was at Bussorah, the Ready was at Muscat, the Woodlark was at Karachi on the 6th October. The Ruby, the Dragon, and the Wild Swan, were on East Coast of Africa. The Seagull was at Aden, and would visit Jeddah shortly. The Philomel, coming to Aden from Seychelles, arrived there on the 20th October. Her Majesty's Indian troopship Serapis left Bombay for England on Saturday, the 13th inst. | ||
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