HMS Alacrity (1872)
 HMS Alacrity – British squadron China Station, 1898
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Alacrity |
| Builder | John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales |
| Launched | 1872 |
| Acquired | 1873 |
| Fate | Sold in 1882 to Colony of New South Wales. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | schooner |
| Complement | 27 |
HMS Alacrity was a schooner of the Royal Navy, built by John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales as the yacht Ethel that the Royal Navy purchased in 1872.[1]
She commenced service on the Australia Station at Sydney in 1873 as a tender for HMS Clio. She was later used for anti-blackbirding operations in the South Pacific and also for hydrographic surveys of Fiji and Australia.[1][2] On 3 June 1873, Alacrity ran aground in Vita Bay, Fiji Islands. She was refloated.[3] She was paid off in 1882 and sold to the Colony of New South Wales, which converted her to a powder hulk guardship.[1]
Alacrity was in use as an accommodation hulk at Bantry Bay during the Second World War.
Citations
- ^ a b c Bastock, pp. 58–59.
- ^ Tizard, T.H. (1900). Chronological List of the Officers Conducting British Maritime Discoveries and Surveys: Together with the Names of the Vessels Employed from the Earlier Times Until 1900. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 32–34.
- ^ "Fiji". Leeds Mercury. No. 11049. Leeds. 8 September 1873.
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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