HMS Penguin

HMS Penguin was an Osprey-class sloop. Launched in 1876, Penguin was operated by the Royal Navy from 1877 to 1881, then from 1886 to 1889. After being converted to a survey vessel, Penguin was recommissioned in 1890, and operated until 1908, when she was demasted and transferred to the Australian Commonwealth Naval Forces for use as a depot and training ship in Sydney Harbour. After this force became the Royal Australian Navy, the sloop was commissioned as HMAS Penguin in 1913. Penguin remained in naval service until 1924, when she was sold off and converted into a floating crane. The vessel survived until 1960, when she was broken up and burnt.

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HMAS Penguin
screw sloop, Osprey-class screw sloop, Robert Napier and Sons, Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, 

• Dreadnought Project page^@
• The Victorian Royal Navy page^@
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HMS Penguin quarterdeck Flickr 4342974613 9bc120b8aa o

The life raft from 'Elingamite' on the upper deck of HMS 'Penguin'

Percy Bassett-Smith, Surgeon-Naturalist

Maori children onboard HMS 'Penguin'

A survivor from the 'Elingamite' beng transferred from HMS 'Penguin'

The life raft from 'Elingamite' being hoisted off the upper deck of HMS 'Penguin'

Nautical chart of Maunganui Bluff to Manukau Horbour and Tutukaka Harbour to Mayor Island, New Zealand

The life raft from 'Elingamite' being hoisted outboard of HMS 'Penguin'

Recovering guns and cables from the wreck of HMS 'Dotorel', at Punta Arenas

HMS 'Penguin' moored in Sydney Harbour

• Report upon the Chilopoda and Diplopoda obtained by P. W. Bassett-Smith Esq. Surgeon R. N. and J. J. Walker Esq. R. N. during the cruise in the Chinese seas of H. M. S. "Penguin" Commander W. U. Moore commanding - scientific article published in 1895, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		The Victorian Royal Navy page@		Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Penguin quarterdeck Flickr 4342974613 9bc120b8aa o		Commons
commons	image		The life raft from 'Elingamite' on the upper deck of HMS 'Penguin'		Commons
commons	image		Percy Bassett-Smith, Surgeon-Naturalist		Commons
commons	image		Maori children onboard HMS 'Penguin'		Commons
commons	image		A survivor from the 'Elingamite' beng transferred from HMS 'Penguin'		Commons
commons	image		The life raft from 'Elingamite' being hoisted off the upper deck of HMS 'Penguin'		Commons
commons	image		Nautical chart of Maunganui Bluff to Manukau Horbour and Tutukaka Harbour to Mayor Island, New Zealand		Commons
commons	image		The life raft from 'Elingamite' being hoisted outboard of HMS 'Penguin'		Commons
commons	image		Recovering guns and cables from the wreck of HMS 'Dotorel', at Punta Arenas		Commons
commons	image		HMS 'Penguin' moored in Sydney Harbour		Commons