HMS Amethyst
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HMS Amethyst was the lead ship of the Amethyst-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy in the early 1870s. She participated in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in 1873 before serving as the senior officer's ship for the South American side of the South Atlantic. The ship was transferred to the Pacific Station in 1875 and fought in the Battle of Pacocha against the rebellious Peruvian ironclad warship Huáscar two years later. This made her the only British wooden sailing ship ever to fight an armoured opponent. After a lengthy refit, Amethyst again served as the senior officer's ship on the South American station from 1882 to 1885. She was sold for scrap two years later.
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1873 HMS Amethyst
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The engagement between the Huascar and HMS Shah off Ilo, May 29, 1877 - The Graphic 1879 (cropped)
The naval combat in the Pacific, the engagement between HMS 'Shah' and 'Amethyst' and the Peruvian Rebel Ram 'Huascar' off Ilo, 29 May - The Graphic 1877
Combate de Pacocha
The War between Chili and Peru - The Graphic 1879| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| link | page | Dreadnought Project page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | The Victorian Royal Navy page@ | Wikidata | ||
| commons | image | The engagement between the Huascar and HMS Shah off Ilo, May 29, 1877 - The Graphic 1879 (cropped) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The naval combat in the Pacific, the engagement between HMS 'Shah' and 'Amethyst' and the Peruvian Rebel Ram 'Huascar' off Ilo, 29 May - The Graphic 1877 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Combate de Pacocha | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The War between Chili and Peru - The Graphic 1879 | Commons | ||
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