HMS Curacoa (1878)
 HMS Curacoa was an Comus-class corvette of the Royal Navy built by John Elder & Co. Govan and launched on 18 April 1878.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.Recently discovered log books from descendants of Mr.(Cptn) J.P. Shipton record the journey to Australia. Daily logs show the Curacoa leaving port in the U.K.