HMS Diamond (1874) explained

HMS Diamond was an in service 1874–89.

History

Diamond was built for the Royal Navy at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 26 September 1874.^[1]

In 1875 she commissioned service for the East Indies Station, later being transferred to the China Station.^[1] In 1876, she was driven ashore on the coast of Zanzibar. She was refloated.^[2] She returned to England in 1879 and was refitted and rearmed. After refit she commissioned service on the Australia Station in October 1881.^[1] She left the Australia Station in August 1888 and returned to England. She returned to Chatham and was paid off in 1889. She was sold in August 1889.^[1]

Bibliography

• Ballard. G. A.. 1937. British Corvettes of 1875: The Last Wooden class. Mariner's Mirror. Society for Nautical Research. Cambridge, UK. 23. 435–45. October.
• Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia.
  • Book: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. Gardiner, Robert. Conway Maritime Press. London. 1979. 0-8317-0302-4. registration.

Notes and References

1. Bastock, p. 72
2. News: The Egyptians and Zanzibar Territory . Freeman's Journal . Dublin . 11 February 1876 .