HMS Modeste (1873)

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HMS Modeste, Yokohama, Japan 1877.jpg
Modeste, Yokohama, Japan in 1877
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Modeste
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
CostApproximately £77,000
Laid down27 November 1871
Launched23 May 1873
CompletedJanuary 1874
FateSold for scrap, 8 January 1888
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeAmethyst-class wooden screw corvette
Tonnage1,405 bm
Displacement1,934 long tons (1,965 t)
Length220 ft (67.1 m) (p/p)
Beam37 ft (11.3 m)
Draught18 ft (5.5 m)
Installed power2,068 ihp (1,542 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 shaft
  • 1 × 2-cylinder compound expansion steam engine
  • 6 cylindrical boilers
Sail planShip rig
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Rangeapproximately 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement225
Armament14 × 64-pounder 71-cwt rifled muzzle-loading (RML) guns

HMS Modeste was a Amethyst-class corvette built for the Royal Navy in the early 1870s.

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  • Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6.
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