HMS Egeria (1873)
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HMS Egeria was a 4-gun screw sloop launched at Pembroke in 1873.
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[edit] Specifications
She was of 940 tons, 1011 horse-power, and 11 knots (20 km/h) speed. Her length, beam, and draught were 160 ft (49 m)., 31 ft (9 m)., and 14 ft (4 m).
[edit] Action
In 1875 the “Egeria,” commanded by Commander Ralph Lancelot Turton, proceeded to Perak, as one of a squadron of six ships under Captain Alexander Buller with his senior officer’s pennant in Modeste, to take part in an expedition against the murderers of Mr. J. W. Birch, the British resident in Perak. While the troops and a naval brigade advanced on the upper reaches of the Perak River simultaneously from two points, the Egeria blockaded the Perak Littoral, and sent her boats up the Kurow River. These boats destroyed or carried off some guns, arms, and ammunition which might have been useful to the enemy. Severe punishment was inflicted on the natives, but the actual murderers were not brought to account for some time afterwards.
[edit] Decommissioning and sale
This vessel acted for many years in the Surveying Service, and in November 1911 she was put up to public auction at Esquimalt, and sold to the Vancouver branch of the Navy League for £1416.
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