Amethyst-class corvette

The Amethyst-class corvettes were a class of the last wooden warships to be built for the British Royal Navy; each was built at a Royal Dockyard. Three were ordered under the 1871–72 Programme and two under the 1872–73 Programme. Built in the early and middle 1870s, they mostly served overseas and were retired early as they were regarded as hopelessly obsolete by the late 1880s. She served alongside HMS Shah in the action against the Peruvian warship Huascar on 29th May 1877.

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1873 — 1892  Wikimedia, Wikidata
5 produced, 
corvette, HMNB Devonport, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

F B, HMS Amethyst, HMS Diamond, HMS Encounter, HMS Modeste, HMS Sapphire, 

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  HMS Amethyst ⓘ
  1873 Amethyst-class corvette

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  HMS Encounter ⓘ
  1873 Amethyst-class corvette

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  HMS Modeste ⓘ
  1873 Amethyst-class corvette

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  HMS Diamond ⓘ
  1874 Amethyst-class corvette

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  HMS Sapphire ⓘ
  1874 Amethyst-class corvette

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1873 HMS Amethyst

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1873 HMS Encounter

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1873 HMS Modeste

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1874 HMS Diamond

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1874 HMS Sapphire

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HMS Sapphire (1874)

HMS Sapphire crew and guns AWM 302268

HMS Modeste, Yokohama, Japan 1877

William Mackenzie Thomson - Amethyst class corvette

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		The Victorian Royal Navy page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft	1873	HMS Amethyst	screw steamer, corvette, Amethyst-class corvette	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1873	HMS Encounter	corvette, Amethyst-class corvette	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1873	HMS Modeste	corvette, Amethyst-class corvette	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1874	HMS Diamond	corvette, Amethyst-class corvette	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1874	HMS Sapphire	corvette, Amethyst-class corvette	Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Sapphire (1874)		Commons
commons	image		HMS Sapphire crew and guns AWM 302268		Commons
commons	image		HMS Modeste, Yokohama, Japan 1877		Commons
commons	image		William Mackenzie Thomson - Amethyst class corvette		Commons