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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Pearl|corvette}} | Ship tons burthen=1462 bm[1] | 2231|LT|t|0}}[1] | 225|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} oa- {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
| 40|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 17|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} (forward)- {{convert|19|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}} (aft)
| 23|ft|11|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship power=*400 nominal horsepower- {{convert|1540|ihp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}}[1]
| Ship propulsion=*2-cyl. horizontal single expansion[1] | Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship | 11.2|kn|km/h|lk=in}} (under steam) | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship complement= | Ship armament=- 20 × 8-inch (42cwt) muzzle-loading smoothbore cannons on broadside trucks
- 1 × 10-inch/68pdr (95cwt) muzzle-loading smoothbore cannons pivot-mounted at bow
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}} | HMS Charybdis was a 21-gun Royal Navy Pearl-class corvette launched on 1 July 1859 at Chatham Dockyard.[2]She served on the East Indies Station and the China Station between 1860 and 1861. She sailed to Vancouver in early 1862 joining the Pacific Station. She served at the Pacific Station until 1867, when she was assigned to the Australia Station arriving in March 1867.[2] She left the Australia Station on November 1868 and returned to the Pacific Station in early 1869. As part of the Royal Navy's 1869 Flying Squadron, she visited a number of ports in South America, Australia and Japan before returning to Vancouver.[3] In 1870 she sailed to Plymouth for refit. In 1873 she was assigned to the China Station and conducted anti-piracy patrols in the Straits of Malacca.[2] During the Southern Malayan state disputes in 1874, she in conjunction with HMS Hart kept the peace. In October 1880, she was lent to the Canadian government as a training ship, until returned by Canada in 1882. She was sold at Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1884 for breaking up.[2] Citations1. ^1 2 3 Winfield (2004) p.209
2. ^1 2 3 Bastock, pp.48-49.
3. ^Mid-Victorian RN vessels
References- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. {{ISBN|0-86777-348-0}}
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External links- HMS Charybdis at the Naval Database website
- HMS Charybdis at the William Loney website
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