Английская Википедия:HMS Curacoa (1878)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Curacoa was a Шаблон:Sclass of the Royal Navy, built by John Elder & Co., Govan, launched in 1878, and sold in 1904 to be broken up.[1] She served on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station, the Australia Station and as a training cruiser in the Atlantic.
Service history
HMS Curacoa was built by John Elder & Co., Govan, and launched on 18 April 1878.
The corvette commenced service on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station before being transferred to the Australia Station arriving on 5 August 1890. She left the Australia Station in December 1894.[1]
Curacoa was sent to the Ellice Islands and between 9 and 16 October 1892 Captain Gibson visited each of the islands to make a formal declaration that the islands were to be a British Protectorate.[2] In June 1893 Captain Gibson visited the southern Solomon islands and made the formal declaration of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate.[3]
Her later years were spent as a training cruiser. In February–March 1900 she visited Madeira, Las Palmas and São Vicente, Cape Verde.[4][5]
She was sold in May 1904 to King of Garston for breaking up.[1]
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