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Tourmaline, 1875
Type: Cruiser, 3rd Class ; late Composite Corvette ; Armament 12
Launched : 30 Oct 1875 ; Disposal date or year : 1920
Displacement: 2162 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 1972 hpi
Notes:

25 Oct 1876 Commissioned at Sheerness

1879 N. America and W Indies.

1880-82 Flying Squadron ; visited Montevideo, Captetown, Australia, Fiji, Japan and China and then sailed, with the Inconstant, via the Capo of Good Hope, for the Mediterranean and the Egyptian war.

13 Nov 1889 Re-commissioned at Bremuda

1890 North America and West Indies Station

1899 Coal hulk