&sq=carteret_health_care&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Curacoa_in_drydock_in_Sydney_Flickr_3112019037_7b8b4f556a_o.jpg) HMS Curacoa drydocked in Sydney Harbour c.1890.
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Curacoa |
| Builder | John Elder & Co., Govan |
| Yard number | 210 |
| Launched | 18 April 1878 |
| Fate | Sold 1904 for breaking up. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Comus-class corvette |
| Displacement | 2,380 LT (2,420 t; 2,670 ST) |
| Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam | 44 ft (13 m) |
| Draught | 19 ft (6 m) |
| Propulsion | Single screw driven by compound engines of 2,590 ihp (1.93 MW) |
| Sail plan | Barque or ship rig |
| Speed | 13.75 kt (25.5 km/h) powered; 14.75 kt (27.3 km/h) |
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| Armour | Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) over engines |
HMS Curacoa was a Comus-class corvette of the Royal Navy, built by John Elder & Co., Govan, launched in 1878, and sold in 1904 to be broken up.[2] She served on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station, the Australia Station and as a training cruiser in the Atlantic.
- ^ Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
- ^ Bastock, J. (1988). Ships on the Australia Station. Frenchs Forest: Child & Associates Publishing. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-86777-348-4.