Histoire
This sloop, composite was built in 1873 by H.M. Dockyard (Pembroke).
Notes historiques
In 1874-81 this vessel served on the China Station. This vessel was fitted out for surveying duties in 1886 and was employed as a survey vessel for the remainder of her career. This vessel served surveying on the China,Malayan and Australian waters. This vessel sounded the route of the Australian - British Columbia undersea telegraph cable. This vessel arrived on the Pacific Station under command of Commander Smythe from China on 08/02/1898. There had been an absence of a hydrographic survey vessel on the Pacific coast for 30 years. This vessel undertook the survey in 1889 of the projected cable route to Australia. The ship also surveyed the east coast of Vancouver Island and remained on Station 1897-1910. On 22/01/1901 this vesselfired an 81 gun salute of minute guns (one for every year of the life of the late Queen Victoria) in Esquimalt Harbour. This was the last vessel sent by the Admiralty Hydrographic Office on the Pacific coast. Her last commission ended in 1910. This vessel became the Navy League Training Ship Egeria in 1910. This vessel was sold, broken up and burned in 1913. This vessel was sold, broken up and burned in 1913.
Propriétaires et capitaines
She arrived on Pacific Station under command of Commander Smythe from China on 08/02/1898. There had been an absence of a hydrographic survey vessel on the Pacific coast for 30 years.
He undertook the survey in 1889 of the projected cable route to Australia. The ship also surveyed the east coast of Vancouver Island and remained on Station 1897-1910. This was the last vessel sent by the Admiralty Hydrographic Office on the Pacific coast. Her last commission ended in 1910.
She became the Navy League Training Ship Egeria in 1910.
Capitaines
Captain Morris H. Smyth RN (1898); Commander Cortland H. Simpson RN (1900); Commander John F. Parry RN (1903); Commander Frederock C. Learmonth RN (1906); Commander John F. Parry RN (1908)
Armement
2-7" MLR, 2-64 pdr MLR guns traversing guns.
Signification du nom
Egeria was a nymph attributed a legendary role in the early history of Rome as a divine consort and counselor of Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, to whom she imparted laws and rituals pertaining to ancient Roman religion. Her name is used as an eponym for a female advisor or counselor.
Lieux nommés
Egeria Shoal (BC), Egeria Bay (BC)
Reconstructions
She was fitted out for surveying duties in 1886 and was employed as a survey vessel for the remainder of her career. In 1894 she as re-fitted.
Remotorisation
In 1894 she was re-boilered
Références
- Sandilands, R.W. (1965)
- Dalzell, Kathleen E. (1973)
- Brock, P.W. & Basil Greenhill (1973)
- J.J. Colledge and Ben Warlow (2010) Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate Oxford UK
- en.wikipedia.org ↗ (website viewed 23/03/2025)
