HMS Undine (1881)

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

HMS Undine was a schooner gunboat of the Royal Navy. Built as the private yacht Morna by Camper and Nicholsons, Gosport and launched in 1869. The schooner was purchased by the Royal Navy on 15 March 1881 and was renamed Undine.^[1]

HMS Undine anchored near Fort Macquarie, Sydney

Undine, was ordered on special service to the coast of Zanzibar, against slavers in 1881
History
United Kingdom
Name	Morna (1869–1881) Ruby (1889–1890)
Builder	Camper and Nicholsons, Gosport
Launched	1869
Fate	Lost in King George Sound, Western Australia
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Undine
Namesake	Undine
Fate	Sold 1888
General characteristics
Type	schooner
Tonnage	297 gross register tons

Commenced service on the Australia Station from September 1883 and carried out patrol work and worked as a tender to the flagship HMS Nelson.^[1] She was sold in Sydney in April 1888 and was renamed Ruby by her new owners. Ruby was wrecked at Escape Pass in the King George Sound, Western Australia on 25 March 1890.^[2]