HMS Cordelia (1881)

	HMS Cordelia c. 1881-1890.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cordelia
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	17 July 1879
Launched	25 October 1881
Fate	Sold 1904
General characteristics
Class and type	Comus-class corvette
Displacement	2,380 tons
Length	225 ft (69 m)
Beam	44 ft (13 m)
Draught	19 ft (6 m)
Propulsion	Single screw driven by compound engines of 2,590 ihp ( MW)
Sail plan	Barque or ship rig
Speed	13.75 kt (25.5 km/h) powered; 14.75 kt (27.3 km/h)
Armament	(As built); 10 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk II guns; 2 × light guns; 6-10 × QF Nordenfelt guns; 2 × torpedo carriages;
Armour	Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) over engines

HMS Cordelia was a Comus-class corvette of the Royal Navy, built at the Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 25 October 1881.

She commenced service on the China Station before being transferred to the Australia Station arriving in April 1890. On 29 June 1891, during gun practice while on a cruise from Fiji to Nouméa, a gun burst killing five, mortally wounded another and injuring thirteen crew. She left the Australia Station in late 1891.

She was sold on 5 July 1904 for breaking up. The mast at HMS Ganges was the foremast of Cordelia.

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