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HMS Boadicea (1875)

HMS Boadicea by Henry J Morgan.jpg
HMS Boadicea by Henry J. Morgan
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Bacchante
Builder: Portsmouth Naval Dockyard
Launched: 19 October 1876
Completed: 1878
Fate: Sold, Thos W Ward 1897
General characteristics
Class and type: Bacchante-class corvette
Displacement: 4,070 long tons (4,135 t)
Length: 280 ft (85 m)
Beam: 45.5 ft (13.9 m)
Draught: 23.75 ft (7.2 m)
Installed power: 5,420 hp (4,042 kW)
Propulsion:
Sail plan: Ship rigged
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 375, later increased to 420
Armament:

HMS Boadicea was a Bacchante-class corvette launched in 1875.

Robert Falcon Scott served on her early in his career.



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