HMS Active (1869)
Circa 1892 photograph of HMS Volage, lead ship of the class
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| Name: | HMS Active |
| Builder: | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Blackwall, London |
| Cost: | £126,156 |
| Laid down: | 1867 |
| Launched: | 13 March 1869 |
| Commissioned: | March 1871 |
| Decommissioned: | 1898 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 10 July 1906 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | Volage-class iron screw corvette |
| Tonnage: | 2,322 bm |
| Displacement: | 3,078 long tons (3,127 t) |
| Length: | 270 ft (82.3 m) (p/p) |
| Beam: | 42 ft 1 in (12.83 m) |
| Draught: | 21 ft 5 in (6.5 m) |
| Installed power: | 4,130 ihp (3,080 kW) |
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| Sail plan: | Ship rig |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range: | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 340 |
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HMS Active was a Volage-class corvette built for the Royal Navy in the late 1860s. Launched in 1869, she entered service in 1873, and was the Commodore's ship on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station. Her crew served ashore in both the Third Anglo-Ashanti and Zulu Wars. From 1885 to 1898, the ship was the flagship of the Training Squadron. Active was sold for scrap in 1906.
Active was 270 feet (82.3 m) long between perpendiculars and had a beam of 42 feet 1 inch (12.8 m). Forward the ship had a draught of 16 feet 5 inches (5.0 m), but aft she drew 21 ft 5 in (6.5 m). Active displaced 3,078 long tons (3,127 t) and had a burthen of 2,322 tons. Her iron hull was covered by a 3-inch (76 mm) layer of oak that was sheathed with copper from the waterline down to prevent biofouling. Watertight transverse bulkheads subdivided the hull. Her crew consisted of 340 officers and enlisted men.
The ship had one 2-cylinder horizontal return connecting rod-steam engine made by Humphreys and Tennant driving a single 19-foot (5.8 m) propeller. Five rectangular boilers provided steam to the engine at a working pressure of 30 psi (207 kPa; 2 kgf/cm2). The engine produced a total of 4,130 indicated horsepower (3,080 kW) which gave Active a maximum speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ship carried 410 long tons (420 t) of coal, enough to steam 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).
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