Emerald-class corvette
Turquoise at anchor
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Emerald class |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy
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| Preceded by: | HMS Rover |
| Succeeded by: | Bacchante class |
| Built: | 1873–1878 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Scrapped: | 6 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type: | Composite screw corvette |
| Tonnage: | 1,864 bm |
| Displacement: | 2,120 long tons (2,150 t) |
| Length: | 220 ft (67.1 m) (p/p) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
| Draught: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Installed power: | 2,031–2,364 ihp (1,515–1,763 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Sail plan: | Ship rig |
| Speed: | 12–13 knots (22–24 km/h; 14–15 mph) |
| Range: | 2,000–2,280 nmi (3,700–4,220 km; 2,300–2,620 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 230 |
| Armament: |
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The Emerald-class corvettes were a class of composite screw corvettes built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1870s.
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