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thick and approximately 100 ft (30 m) long. This armour was about 3 ft (90 cm) below the lower deck, and the space between could be used for additional coal bunkerage. The machinery spaces were flanked by coal bunkers, affording the machinery and magazines some protection from the sides. The lower deck was used for berthing of the ship's company; officers aft, warrant and petty officers forward, and ratings amidships, as was traditional. The tops of the coal bunkers, which projected above deck level, were used for seating at the mess tables. The living spaces were well-ventilated and an improvement over prior vessels.
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on 16 August 1902. During late Autumn she visited the
Spanish cities of
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359:. Her winter cruise from late January to April 1903 took her to
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594:. No. 36934. London. 25 November 1902. p. 6.
579:. No. 36921. London. 10 November 1902. p. 7.
251:. Boats were carried both amidships and at the stern.
690:. Ray Woodward (ill.). New York: Arco Publishing Co.
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
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The Metal
Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy 1860-1970
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564:. No. 36830. London. 26 July 1902. p. 8.
549:. No. 36794. London. 14 June 1902. p. 9.
503:, p. 172. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis.
121:Sold for scrap to S Castle, Millbay, July 1931
1400:Victorian-era corvettes of the United Kingdom
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1405:Maritime incidents in December 1878
490:Archibald (1971), p. 49 (drawing).
263:of sail on three masts, including
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174:19 ft 6 in (6 m)
1390:Ships built on the River Clyde
667:10.1080/00253359.1963.10657732
227:-class corvette, Brasseys 1888
150:2,380 long tons (2,420 t)
1:
659:Society for Nautical Research
501:Seamanship in the Age of Sail
343:in early November 1902, then
454:Osbon (1963), pp. 195, 196.
184:Humphrys, Tennant & Co.
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707:Steam, Steel and Torpedoes
682:Archibald, E.H.H. (1971).
351:and the Spanish cities of
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463:Lyon (1980), pp. 35–36.
267:on fore and mainmasts.
158:225 ft (69 m)
126:General characteristics
530:"Shipping Disasters".
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241:electrolytic corrosion
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481:Osbon (1963), p. 195.
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295:On 18 December 1878,
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661:: 193–208.
83:Yard number
1395:1878 ships
1379:Categories
1339:Red Jacket
917:Metropolis
892:Shipwrecks
657:. London:
647:classes".
379:References
375:and Vigo.
365:Port Mahon
357:Vilagarcía
326:Coronation
304:Lord Gough
199:Royal Navy
179:Propulsion
1287:Cleopatra
1285:HMS
1274:Thunderer
1272:HMS
1247:HMS
1236:Britannic
1162:SMS
1151:Cormorant
1149:HMS
1136:HMS
1099:HMS
1088:Alexandra
1086:HMS
1026:Iserbrook
940:SMS
817:Bacchante
787:Constance
773:Carysfort
766:Cleopatra
675:0025-3359
622:The Times
607:The Times
592:The Times
577:The Times
562:The Times
547:The Times
361:Arosa Bay
345:Gibraltar
314:Cleopatra
301:steamship
297:Cleopatra
289:Cleopatra
253:Cleopatra
194:Cleopatra
69:Cleopatra
35:Cleopatra
1188:Adriatic
1113:Royalist
1075:Royalist
966:Hydrabad
954:Loch Ard
929:Eurydice
801:Cordelia
780:Conquest
759:Champion
645:Calliope
333:Spithead
322:Guernsey
287:, 1881.
261:ship rig
209:corvette
141:corvette
91:Launched
1295:21 Dec:
1282:18 Dec:
1261:Djemnah
1249:Malabar
1232:26 Oct:
1220:15 Sep:
1184:18 Jul:
1172:23 Jun:
1159:31 May:
1146:21 May:
1138:Monarch
1133:29 Apr:
1109:20 Feb:
1101:Raleigh
1096:15 Feb:
1071:21 Jan:
1063:Traffic
1059:10 Jan:
1038:Alabama
1034:24 Dec:
1022:21 Dec:
1014:Livadia
1010:21 Oct:
998:18 Oct:
974:30 Jun:
962:24 Jun:
937:31 May:
925:24 Mar:
913:31 Jan:
901:25 Jan:
826:Calypso
752:Curacoa
349:Madeira
306:in the
255:flew a
171:Draught
110:Renamed
75:Builder
43:History
1363:1879 →
1356:← 1877
1315:s Isle
1257:4 Nov:
1244:2 Nov:
1212:Utopia
1208:6 Sep:
1196:3 Sep:
1121:7 Mar:
1083:9 Feb:
986:3 Sep:
950:1 Jun:
794:Canada
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353:Ferrol
341:Málaga
318:Jersey
257:barque
215:Design
207:screw
205:-class
197:was a
155:Length
138:-class
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1224:Comus
828:class
819:class
745:Comus
731:Comus
641:Comus
373:Cadiz
369:Palma
308:Clyde
233:Comus
225:Comus
203:Comus
136:Comus
1335:Unk:
1327:Fusō
1323:Unk:
1311:Mona
1307:Dec:
1299:Mona
1269:Nov:
711:ISBN
692:ISBN
671:ISSN
643:and
505:ISBN
355:and
339:and
337:Vigo
192:HMS
163:Beam
118:Fate
113:1922
102:HMS
99:Name
67:HMS
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