HMS ''Briton'' was a wooden

screw corvette Steam frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, Screw sloop, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners, were steam-powered warships that were not meant to stand in the line of battle. The first such ships were p ...

built for the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...

in the late 1860s.

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''Briton'' at William Loney website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Briton, HMS Ships built in Sheerness Corvettes of the Royal Navy 1869 ships Victorian-era corvettes of the United Kingdom