H.M.S. Modeste (1873)

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H.M.S. Modeste (1873)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 23 May, 1873[2]
Completed: Jan, 1874[3]
Sold: 1888[4]

H.M.S. Modeste was one of five Amethyst Class corvettes completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

By November, 1886, she was identified as one of forty-one vessels of various types the Navy had decided to dispose of due to their lack of practical value in the event of war.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  5. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.

Bibliography


Amethyst Class Corvette
Amethyst Diamond Encounter Modeste Sapphire