HMS Nymphe (1866)
HMS "Nymphe" was an "Amazon"-class sloop, of the Royal Navy, built at the Deptford Dockyard and launched on 24 November 1866. She served in the East Indies and Australia, and was sold in 1884. Design. Designed by Edward Reed, the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction, the hull was built of oak, with teak planking and fir decks, and she was equipped with a ram bow. Propulsion. Propulsion was provided by a three-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine by Maudslay, Sons & Field driving a single screw. Sail Plan. All the ships of the class were built  with a barque rig. Armament. The class was designed with two , 6½-ton muzzle-loading rifled guns mounted on slides on centre-line pivots, and two 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns on broadside trucks. "Dryad", "Nymphe" and "Vestal" were rearmed in the early 1870s with an armament of nine 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns, four each side and a centre-line pivot mount at the bow. History. She initially commenced service on the East Indies Station in 1867, before returning to England in 1871 for paying off. "Nymphe" was refitted, re-armed and placed in reserve. She started service  on the Australia Station in March 1875. She left the Australia Station in August 1878, returned to England and was paid off in 1879. Fate. She was sold in December 1884 for £3745.