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Saturday, 6 April 2024

British screw steam corvette HMS Challenger 1858-1921

Part of Pearl-class preceded by Cossack-class succeeded by Jason-class. Design of the Surveyor of the Navy 1848-1861 Sir Baldwin Wake Walker (6 January 1802-12 February 1876). Launched by Woolwich Dockyard on 13 February 1858, commissioned on 3 May 1861, decommissioned in 1878 and sold to be broken up in 1921.

Source

Francis Elgar. The Royal Navy 1872-1880 in a series of illustrations. Lithographed in colours. From original drawings by W.F. Mitchell, esquire. Portsmouth, December 1880. 

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