Druid HMS

Ship Details

Rig

Corvette

Tonnage

1322

Built By

Demise

Sold for scrap 1886

Description

Druid was laid down in 1868 and launched on 13 March 1869. She was completed in February 1872 and was the last ship to be built at Deptford Dockyard.[2] The ship was initially assigned to the Cape of Good Hope Station, commanded by Captain the Honorable Maurice Nelson, where she remained for two years before being transferred to the North America and West Indies Station. Druid was refitted upon her return home in December 1876, which included rearmament. The ship recommissioned in February 1879 and returned to the North American Station. She returned home in September 1882 and was paid off. Druid was laid up in the Medway[7] until she was sold for breaking up to Castle of Charlton on 10 November 1886.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Druid_(1869) (accessed on 20/10/2017)
 
 
 
 

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