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1872 Royal Navy schooner
HMS
Alacrity
was a
schooner
of the
Royal Navy
, built by John Cuthbert,
Millers Point, New South Wales
as the yacht
Ethel
that the Royal Navy purchased in 1872.
[1]
She commenced service on the
Australia Station
at
Sydney
in 1873 as a tender for
HMS
Clio
. She was later used for anti-
blackbirding
operations in the South Pacific and also for
hydrographic surveys
of Fiji and Australia.
[1]
[2]
On 3 June 1873,
Alacrity
ran aground in Vita Bay,
Fiji Islands
. She was refloated.
[3]
She was paid off in 1882 and sold to the
Colony of New South Wales
, which converted her to a powder hulk guardship.
[1]
Alacrity
was in use as an accommodation hulk at
Bantry Bay
during the
Second World War
.
Citations
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References
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- Bastock, John (1988),
Ships on the Australia Station
, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia.
ISBN
0-86777-348-0
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