HMS Tourmaline

HMS Tourmaline was an Emerald-class composite screw corvette that served in the Victorian Royal Navy. The Emerald class was a development of the wooden Amethyst class but combined an iron frame and teak cladding. Launched in 1875, Tourmaline was deployed to the North America and West Indies Station in 1878. The ship joined the third flying squadron in 1880, sailing to South Africa at time of the First Boer War and then to Australia, Japan, Singapore and Egypt, arriving in Alexandria in time to participate in the Anglo-Egyptian War. During 1883, the corvette was stationed in Zanzibar and then, in response to the Franco-Hova Wars, was the senior officer's ship in Madagascar. Following an armament upgrade, the vessel returned to the North America and West Indies Station in 1886. Converted to a coal hulk in 1899, Tourmaline was sold in 1920 to be broken up.

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Affaires D'Égypte. Position des cuirassés a Port Said le 14 Aout - l'univers Illustre 1882

Our British Navy - Past and Present (BM 1977,U.606)

HMS Inconstant, Carysfort and Tourmaline arriving at Melbourne, May 1881

HMS Tourmaline, the New Flagship of the West African Squadron - ILN 1876

HMS Tourmaline, Inconstant, Bacchante, Carysfort and Cleopatra at sea, June 1881.

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		The Victorian Royal Navy page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Affaires D'Égypte. Position des cuirassés a Port Said le 14 Aout - l'univers Illustre 1882		Commons
commons	image		Our British Navy - Past and Present (BM 1977,U.606)		Commons
commons	image		HMS Inconstant, Carysfort and Tourmaline arriving at Melbourne, May 1881		Commons
commons	image		HMS Tourmaline, the New Flagship of the West African Squadron - ILN 1876		Commons
commons	image		HMS Tourmaline, Inconstant, Bacchante, Carysfort and Cleopatra at sea, June 1881.		Commons
commons	image		HMSTourmaline		Commons