HMS Daring (1874) explained

HMS Daring was a 4-gun sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1874 and sold for breaking in 1889 after serving most of her career in the Pacific.

Construction

Daring was constructed of an iron frame sheathed with teak and copper (hence 'composite'), and powered by a trunk engine provided by John Penn & Sons.^[1] She was fitted with a full barque rig of sails.

History

Daring served on the Pacific and China Stations, working some of the time for the Canadian Government, including conducting hydrography, for which the Canadian Government bore half the cost. In Spring 18?? she carried Joseph Howe (the Provincial Secretary at the time) to the mouth of the Tangier River in Halifax County, Nova Scotia. There he arranged to have law and order restored by carving the gold diggings into appropriately sized lots, and offering them for rental for $40.^[2] In 1877 Commander John Hammer made a sketch survey of the Skeena River entrance from Daring.^[3]

Fate

She was sold to a Mr J Cohen in 1889 and broken up.

Bibliography

• Ballard. G. A.. 1939. British Sloops of 1875: The Smaller Composite Type. Mariner's Mirror. Society for Nautical Research. Cambridge, UK. 25. 151–61. April.
• Book: Colledge. J. J.. J. J. Colledge. Wardlow. Ben. Bush . Steve . Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present. 2020. Seaforth Publishing . Barnsley, UK. 978-1-5267-9327-0. amp. 5th.
• Book: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. Chesneau. Roger. Kolesnik. Eugene M.. Conway Maritime Press. Great Britain and Empire Forces. Roberts. John. Greenwich, UK. 1979. 0-8317-0302-4. amp. registration .

Notes and References

1. Winfield, p. 291
2. Joseph Howe: The Briton Becomes Canadian, 1848–1873, J Murray Beck,, p. 149
3. Web site: British Columbia Archives. 2008-05-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080616084553/http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cartogr/img_aids/rsd0788i.htm. 16 June 2008. dmy-all.