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as 'two muzzle guns, what shoots inwards', due to the unreliability of the breech mechanism. It was felt they killed more of their operators than ever those fired upon. The 7.5-ton gun was intended to fire to either side of the ship, but the spare topmast was stored on the port side of the ship, preventing the gun being fired in that direction. This difficulty was corrected by
Fitzgerald once he assumed command.
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was ordered to Malta for her annual refit. She was then ordered to visit Syria for the winter. The summer of 1879 was spent again at Malta refitting the ship and exchanging the crew. Fitzgerald found this trying, as his good companions with whom he had enjoyed hunting wherever the ship visited, were
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took command on 4 January 1878 when she was stationed at Corfu. The island had recently been transferred from
British to Greek control, which had resulted in a decline in the local economy as British forces and their funding had been withdrawn. Her Armstrong guns had a reputation amongst their crews
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As designed ships of the class carried a single slide-mounted 40-pounder
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villages in
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Commander Victor Montagu. In September 1875 her next captain, Commander Seymour Smith, was invalided home, being replaced by Commander Adolphus Fitzgeorge. In 1878 she was attached to the Mediterranean fleet under
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for the winter, to act as guard ship for the ambassador. Each of the Great Powers kept a small warship there in attendance.
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124:Broken up at Malta in September 1881
559:"Naval and Military Intelligence".
259:One 40-pdr Armstrong breech loaders
174:15 ft 10 in (4.83 m)
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381:Second Commission - Mediterranean
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325:class were designed in 1858 by
279:40-pdr Armstrong breech loaders
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574:"Mercantile Ship News".
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313:and broken up in 1881.
129:General characteristics
16:Sloop of the Royal Navy
539:at the Naval Database"
442:In the autumn of 1878
357:and two 40-pounders.
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346:indicated horsepower
184:indicated horsepower
591:Hampshire Telegraph
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447:departing.
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327:Issac Watts
220:From c.1869
215:Ship-rigged
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1271:Categories
1007:Ocean Wave
923:ChĆyĆ Maru
863:Providence
826:Shipwrecks
714:Shearwater
638:. (1916).
629:References
544:23 October
337:Propulsion
307:Royal Navy
256:: 11 guns:
240:Complement
190:Propulsion
1231:Ironsides
1228:Unknown:
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1208:Royal Oak
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1180:HMS
1167:SMS
1154:HMS
1117:HMS
1106:Charybdis
1104:HMS
1079:USS
1031:Lightning
971:Chameleon
728:Columbine
561:The Times
470:Citations
205:Sail plan
116:June 1862
97:Laid down
21:HMS Rapid
995:Carnatic
875:Alliance
751:Camelion
721:Royalist
518:52620555
352:Armament
271:: 3 guns
254:As built
248:Armament
211:As built
150:913 tons
105:Launched
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269:By 1869
171:Draught
139:Rosario
87:Builder
79:Ordered
49:History
41:Peterel
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232:Speed
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546:2009
514:OCLC
504:ISBN
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