HMS Opal (1875)
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hms-opal-1875-234-8998249
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HMS Opal (1875)
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HMS Opal was an Emerald-class corvette of the Royal Navy, laid down as Magicienne by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland and launched on 9 March 1875. She was completed with an armament of 14 muzzle-loading 64-pounder rifled guns and initially commenced service on the Pacific Station, and while on passage in 1876 hit a rock in the Strait of Magellan. She was damaged and repairs were undertaken at Esquimalt. She returned to England in 1880 for refit, in which her broadside armament was reduced
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British Emerald-class corvette
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Opal_(1875)
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2022-07-05T06:10:09Z
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