HMS Eurydice (1843)

HMS Eurydice was a 26-gun Royal Navy corvette which was the victim of one of Britain's worst peacetime naval disasters when she sank in 1878.

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

HMS Eurydice, painted by William Howard Yorke, Liverpool 1871
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Eurydice
NamesakeThe nymph Eurydice, wife of Orpheus
Ordered27 August 1841
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Cost£16,137, plus £9,312 for fitting out
Laid downApril 1842
Launched16 May 1843
Completed1 September 1843
Commissioned27 June 1843
Recommissioned
  • 30 May 1846,
  • 4 April 1854,
  • 7 February 1877
Fate
  • Foundered in 1878
  • Salvaged and broken up that year
General characteristics
TypeCorvette
Tons burthen910 81/94 bm
Length141 ft 2 in (43.03 m) (gundeck) 117 ft 9.75 in (35.9093 m) (keel)
Beam38 ft 10 in (11.84 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement190
Armament
  • Rated for 26 guns
  • Upperdeck: 18 × 32-pdr (45cwt) long guns
  • Quarterdeck: 6 x 32-pdr (25cwt) guns
  • Focsle: 2 × 32-pdr (45cwt) long guns
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