Name HMS Canada Completed May 1889 Beam 28 ft (8.5 m) Launched 29 May 1888 Draft 3.81 m | Laid down 20 June 1887 Fate Sold 1904 Construction started 20 June 1887 Length 59 m Builder HMNB Portsmouth | |
Displacement 1,140 long tons (1,160 t) | ||
HMS Daphne was a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop and the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. Developed and constructed for the Royal Navy on a design by William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction, she was launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 29 May 1888, It was the first command of Admiral Sir William Christopher Pakenham, KCB, KCMG, KCVO.
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