HMS Diamond (1874)

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

HMS Diamond was an Amethyst-class corvette in service 1874–89.

HMS Diamond
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Diamond
Namesake	Diamond
Builder	Sheerness Dockyard
Cost	£76,796
Laid down	1873
Launched	26 September 1874
Completed	July 1875
Fate	Sold for scrap, August 1889
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Amethyst-class wooden screw corvette
Displacement	1,934 long tons (1,965 t)
Tons burthen	1,405 bm
Length	220 ft (67.1 m) (p/p)
Beam	37 ft (11.3 m)
Draught	18 ft (5.5 m)
Installed power	2,140 ihp (1,600 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft 1 × 2-cylinder compound expansion steam engine 6 cylindrical boilers
Sail plan	Ship rig
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range	approximately 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	225
Armament	12 × 64-pounder 71 cwt rifled muzzle-loading (RML) guns 2 × 64-pounder 64 cwt RML guns

History

HMS Diamond in Sydney in 1877

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]