Bacchante class corvette
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The Bacchante class was a group of three iron-screw corvettes in service with the Royal Navy from the late 1870s. The ships were designed by Nathaniel Barnaby in 1872, with the first two ordered from Portsmouth Royal Dockyard in 1872 and the Euryalus from Chatham Royal Dockyard in 1873. These were the last ships to be built of iron for the Royal Navy, with teak planking. Although similar, the three ships differed in design and appearance, and thus did not technically form a single "class". A fourth ship (Highflyer) was ordered in 1878 from Portsmouth Dockyard, but was cancelled in 1879. In 1877, like all the remaining corvettes, they were redesignated cruisers by the Royal Navy.
[edit] Ships
- HMS Boadicea, launched 16 October 1875 and completed May 1877. Sold 6 January 1905.
- HMS Bacchante, launched 19 October 1876 and completed July 1879. Sold 10 May 1897.
- HMS Euryalus, launched 31 January 1877 and completed June 1878. Sold 10 May 1897.
