HMS Psyche (1862)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Psyche.

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Psyche
Ordered1861
Builder
Laid down8 January 1861
Launched29 March 1862
Commissioned1862
Fate
  • Wrecked on 15 December 1870
  • Wreck blown up in February 1871
General characteristics
Class and typePsyche-class paddle despatch vessel
Displacement985 long tons (1,001 t)
Tons burthen835 bm
Length220 ft (67 m)
Beam28 ft 2 in (8.59 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Installed power1,440 ihp (1,070 kW)
Propulsion2-cylinder oscillating steam engine
Armament2 × 20 pdr (9.1 kg) guns

HMS Psyche was a wooden Psyche-class paddle despatch vessel built to an 1860 design by Isaac Watts. She was ordered from Pembroke Dockyard in and launched on 29 March 1862, having cost c. £43,000 to build.

She was at Suez for the opening ceremonies of the canal in 1869.[1]

She was wrecked on 15 December 1870 off Catania, Italy, while carrying a party including George Howard Darwin to observe the solar eclipse from Sicily. Her wreck was blown up in February 1871.

References

  1. ^ https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/HN3100080601/ILN?u=wes_ttda&sid=bookmark-ILN&xid=3bcd7311 Opening of the Suez Canal Date: Saturday, 11 December 1869. Publication: The Illustrated London News. Volume: 55, Issue: 1570
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.


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