Laid down 1873 Construction started 1873 Draft 5.5 m | Namesake Diamond Cost £76,796 Completed July 1875 Launched 26 September 1874 | |
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HMS Diamond was an Amethyst-class corvette built for the Royal Navy at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 26 September 1874.
In 1875 she commissioned service for the East Indies Station, later being transferred to the China Station. She returned to England in 1879 and was refitted and rearmed. After refit she commissioned service on the Australia Station in October 1881. She left the Australia Station in August 1888 and returned to England. She returned to Chatham and was paid off in 1889.
Fate
She was sold in August 1889.
References
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