HMS Egeria (1873)
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 HMS Egeria |
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Egeria |
| Builder: | Pembroke |
| Commissioned: | 1873 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1911 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Screw Composite Sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 940 tons |
| Length: | 160 ft (49 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails & Steam |
| Sail plan: | Barque Rigged |
| Armament: | 4 guns |
HMS Egeria was a 4-gun screw sloop of the Fantome class launched at Pembroke on 1 November 1873[1]. She was named after Egeria, a water nymph of Roman mythology, and was the second ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.
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[edit] Construction
Egeria was constructed of an iron frame sheathed with teak and copper (hence 'composite'), and powered by both sails and a single-screw steam engine developing 1,011 horsepower.
[edit] The Perak War
In 1875 Egeria, commanded by Commander Ralph Lancelot Turton, proceeded to Perak (in modern Malaysia), as one of a squadron of six ships under Captain Alexander Buller with his senior officer’s pennant in HMS Modeste, to take part in an expedition against the murderers of Mr James W. W. Birch, the British Resident in Perak. While the troops and a naval brigade advanced on the upper reaches of the Perak River simultaneously from two points, Egeria blockaded the Perak Littoral, and sent her boats up the Kurow River. These boats destroyed or carried off some guns, arms, and ammunition which might have been useful to the enemy. Severe punishment was inflicted on the natives, but the murderers were not brought to account for some time afterwards. [2]
[edit] Survey of Australia
From 1886, under the command of Captain Pelham Aldrich, Egeria was engaged in survey around Australia.[3]
In 1890 Hansard records that
| “ | One petty officer and one seaman of the Egeria were tried for attempting to make a mutinous assembly and for wilful disobedience to orders, and were sentenced respectively to five years' penal servitude and two years' imprisonment. Five other seamen were tried for disobedience, and sentenced to punishments varying from one year to six months' imprisonment.[4] | ” |
[edit] Decommissioning and sale
Egeria acted for many years in the Surveying Service, and in November 1911 she was put up to public auction at Esquimalt, and sold to the Vancouver branch of the Navy League for £1,416.
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