class corvette built royal_navy late 1860s launched entered service commodore ship cape good hope crew served ashore anglo ship flagship active sold scrap description active feet long perpendiculars beam feet inch forward ship draught feet inches aft drew active displaced long tons tons iron hull covered inch layer oak copper waterline prevent watertight transverse bulkheads subdivided hull crew consisted officers enlisted men ship cylinder horizontal return connecting rod steam engine driving single foot propeller rectangular boilers provided steam engine working pressure psi kpa cm2 engine produced total indicated horsepower gave active maximum speed knots mph ship carried long tons coal steam nautical miles knots mph active ship rigged sail area square feet lower masts iron masts wood ship best speed sail knots mph funnel semi retractable reduce wind resistance propeller hoisted stern ship reduce drag sail ship initially armed mix inch pounder cwt rifled muzzle loading guns inch guns pounders mounted broadside mounted forecastle deck chase guns inch pounder breech loading guns replaced broadside weapons carriages inch torpedoes added service laid launched march ship completed march total cost spent hull machinery unlike sister ship placed reserve completion commissioned serve flagship commander chief cape good hope west_coast africa station commodore ship participated naval operations anglo war crew landed reinforce forces ashore commodore replaced retained command ship returned home refit war november july men active men served ashore man naval brigade group active comprised officers seamen marines medical addition small arms equipped pounder breech loading guns pounder rockets gun pounders exchanged army pounder mountain guns entering attached column commanded colonel crossed january january saw action driving attacking force rockets rifles gun day british main force defeated battle pearson column advanced besieged months relieved april campaign active crew suffered man killed wounded action enemy died disease siege man drowned crossing south africa medal awarded members active crew served training squadron active rearmed refitted placed reserve selected commodore flagship newly formed training squadron active square rigged naval ship leave sail paid sold scrap july memorial men active lost lives african campaigns found portsmouth
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