HMS Daphne (1866)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Daphne.

HMS Daphne was an Amazon-class sloop, of the Royal Navy. She was in service from 1866 to 1879.

HMS Daphne 's sister-ship, HMS Dryad
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Daphne
Launched	23 October 1866
Fate	Sold for breaking up, 1882
General characteristics
Class & type	Amazon, Sloop
Tons burthen	1081 bm
Length	187 ft
Propulsion	Screw
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 4 guns
Notes	150 men

History

Rescued ex-slaves in East Africa

Daphne was built at the Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 23 October 1866. she spent her entire career east of Suez – in the East Indies and particularly on anti-slavery operations on the East coast of Africa.

She was commissioned at Plymouth on 12 June 1867 by Cdr George Lydiard Sulivan.^{[citation needed]} In October 1872, Daphne ran aground in the Mergui Archipelago. She was refloated and taken to Bombay, India for repairs.^[1][2] Daphne came back to finally pay off in 1879.

"Each of her commissions lasted four years, and her ever recurring appearance at so many successive slave running seasons earned a tradition of wrath at the mention of her name among the merchants in that line of business"- George Alexander Ballard in July 1938.^[3]