HMS Curacoa

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Curacoa, 1878
Type: Cruiser 3rd Class ; late Corvette ; Armament 2 x 7" ; 12 x 6 pdr
Launched : 18 Apr 1878 ; Disposal date or year : 1904
Displacement: 2383 tons
Propulsion: Screw Complement: 265
Machinery notes: 2300 hpi ; Speed ; 12.7 knots ;
Notes:

1879 Devonport.

Apr 1886 passage home.

8 May 1886 arrived Malta from China.

15 Mar 1888 Commissioned at Devonport.

1890 Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa.

26 Jun 1897 Present at the Naval Review at Spithead in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee.


Curacoa, 1914
Type: Light Cruiser ; Armament 2 x 6" ; 8 x 4"
Launched : 17 Dec 1914 ; Disposal date or year : 28 Aug 1931
Displacement: 3850 tons
Notes:

11 Jun 1924 arrived at Helsingfors - see p. 747-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-4.pdf.