HMS Egeria (1873)

HMS Egeria was a 4-gun screw sloop of the Fantome class launched at Pembroke on 1 November 1873. She was named after Egeria, a water nymph of Roman mythology, and was the second ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. After a busy career in the East Indies, Pacific, Australia and Canada, she was sold for breaking in 1914 and was burnt at Burrard Inlet in British Columbia.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Egeria.
For other uses, see Egeria.

HMS Egeria
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Egeria
BuilderPembroke Royal Dockyard
CostHull £32,468, machinery £10,414
Laid down30 December 1872
Launched1 November 1873
CompletedNovember 1874
ReclassifiedAs survey ship, October 1886
FateSold, October 1911
General characteristics
Class and typeFantome-class sloop
Displacement949 long tons (964 t)
Tons burthen727 bm
Length160 ft (48.8 m) (p/p)
Beam31 ft 4 in (9.6 m)
Draught14 ft (4.3 m)
Depth15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Installed power1,011 ihp (754 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 shaft
  • 1 × 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine
  • 3 × cylindrical boilers
Sail planBarque rig
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement125
Armament
  • 2 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns
  • 2 × 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns
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