HMS Canada (1881)

	HMS Canada in dry-dock, Halifax Graving Yards, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1889
History
United Kingdom
Name	Canada
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	1879
Launched	26 August 1881
Completed	1881
Fate	Sold 1897
General characteristics
Class and type	Comus-class corvette
Displacement	2,380 long tons (2,420 t)
Length	225 ft (69 m)
Beam	44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
Draught	19 ft 3 in (5.87 m)
Installed power	2,430 ihp (1,810 kW)
Propulsion	Horizontal Compound engine; 1 shaft;
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	13.0 knots (24.1 km/h; 15.0 mph)
Armament	10 × BL 6-inch (152 mm) Mk II guns; 2 × light guns; 6 × machine guns;
Armour	Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) over engines

HMS Canada was a Comus-class screw corvette of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1881 and sold for scrap in 1897. Her bow badge was removed prior to being sold for scrap and is displayed in the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.

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