HMS Hyacinth (1881)

HMS Hyacinth in typical China station white paint
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hyacinth
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
Cost
  • Hull – £52,500
  • Machinery – £14,500
Laid down30 August 1880
Launched20 December 1881
Commissioned27 January 1884
FateSold for breaking on 25 August 1902
General characteristics
Class & typeSatellite-class sloop
Displacement1,420 tons
Length200 ft (61 m) pp
Beam38 ft (12 m)
Draught15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Installed power1,470 ihp (1,096 kW)
Propulsion
  • Single horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarque-rigged
RangeApproximately 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement170–200
Armament
ArmourInternal steel deck over machinery and magazines

HMS Hyacinth was an 8-gun Satellite-class composite sloop built for the Royal Navy, launched in 1881 and sold in 1902. She and the rest of her class were re-classified as corvettes in 1884.

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