HMS Curacoa (1878)

	HMS Curacoa drydocked in Sydney Harbour c.1890.
History
United Kingdom
Name	Curacoa
Builder	John Elder & Co., Govan
Yard number	210
Launched	18 April 1878
Fate	Sold 1904 for breaking up.
General characteristics
Class and type	Comus-class corvette
Displacement	2,380 LT (2,420 t; 2,670 ST)
Length	225 ft (69 m)
Beam	44 ft (13 m)
Draught	19 ft (6 m)
Propulsion	Single screw driven by compound engines of 2,590 ihp (1.93 MW)
Sail plan	Barque or ship rig
Speed	13.75 kt (25.5 km/h) powered; 14.75 kt (27.3 km/h)
Armament	(As built); Curacoa to Constance:; 2 × 7-inch muzzle-loading rifles; 12 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifles; 2 × light guns; 8 × QF Nordenfelt guns; 2 × torpedo carriages;
Armour	Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) over engines

HMS Curacoa was a Comus-class corvette of the Royal Navy, built by John Elder & Co., Govan, launched in 1878, and sold in 1904 to be broken up. She served on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station, the Australia Station and as a training cruiser in the Atlantic.

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