HMS Druid (1869)

HMS Druid was a Briton-class wooden screw corvette built for the Royal Navy in the late 1860s. She spent her service life overseas on the Cape of Good Hope and North America and West Indies Stations and was sold for scrap in 1886.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Druid.

The Druid amongst icebergs in the Straits of Belleisle
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Druid
NamesakeDruid
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid down1868
Launched13 March 1869
CompletedFebruary 1872
FateSold for scrap, 10 November 1886
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeBriton-class wooden screw corvette
Displacement1,791 long tons (1,820 t)
Tons burthen1,322 bm
Length220 ft (67.1 m) (p/p)
Beam36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught16 ft 6 in (5.0 m)
Depth of hold21 ft 6 in (6.6 m)
Installed power2,272 ihp (1,694 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × shaft
  • 1 × 2-cylinder steam engine
  • 4 × rectangular boilers
Sail planShip rig
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement220
Armament
  • 2 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns
  • 8 × 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns
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