HMS ''Emerald'' was an , of the

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, built at the

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and launched on 18 August 1876.Bastock, p.71.

Service history

She commenced service on the

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in September 1878. She escorted Sir

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, the

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from Sydney to Auckland in May 1879. ''Emerald'' was sent on a punitive mission in the Solomon Islands in 1879 after the captain and three crew of were killed by natives. ''Emerald'', under Captain William Maxwell, visited the

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in 1881. She left the Australia Station in October 1881 and returned to England. ''Emerald'' was refitted and rearmed in 1882 in England and placed into reserve. She commissioned for the

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in 1886, before returning to England in 1892 and again being placed into reserve. She was converted into a powder hulk in 1895 at Portsmouth.

Fate

She was sold on 10 July 1906 to Cox, Falmouth.

Notes

References

*Bastock, John (1988), ''Ships on the Australia Station'', Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. 1876 ships Ships built in Pembroke Dock Victorian-era corvettes of the United Kingdom Emerald-class corvettes {{UK-mil-ship-stub