HMS Active (1869)
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The HMS Active was a Royal Navy Corvette, launched 1869, 270 feet long, 3080 tons.
Active entered service in 1873, as the Commodore's ship on the Cape of Good Hope and West African station. Her crew served ashore in both the Ashanti and Zulu Wars.
She was rearmed and refitted in 1879, and was selected in 1885 to be the commodore's ship in the Training Squadron. HMS Active is reputed to have been the last square-rigged naval ship to leave Portsmouth Harbour under sail. She was paid off in 1898 and went into reserve, and was sold out of the service in 1906.
See also
- HMS Active for other Royal Navy ships called HMS Active.
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