Frigates

HMS Comus

Class Comus-class

Sister Ships Curacoa, Champion, Cleopatra, Carysfort, Conquest, Constance, Canada, Cordelia

Crew 250

Weight 2,380

Propulsion 2 engines of 2,590 ihp driving single screw

Armament 2 x 7-inch muzzle-loading rifles
4 x BL 6-inch 80-pounder guns
8 x 64-pdr muzzle-loading rifles
2 x light guns
8 x QF Nordenfelt guns
2 x torpedo carriages

Built Glasgow, 1878

Speed 15 Knots

Fate Sold 1904

Notes Comus was a single-screw corvette designed for distant cruising service for the British Empire. Built with iron frames and steel plating, she was sheathed with wood and coppered.

Corvettes | Ships

Class	Comus-class
Sister Ships	Curacoa, Champion, Cleopatra, Carysfort, Conquest, Constance, Canada, Cordelia
Crew	250
Weight	2,380
Propulsion	2 engines of 2,590 ihp driving single screw
Armament	2 x 7-inch muzzle-loading rifles 4 x BL 6-inch 80-pounder guns 8 x 64-pdr muzzle-loading rifles 2 x light guns 8 x QF Nordenfelt guns 2 x torpedo carriages
Built	Glasgow, 1878
Speed	15 Knots
Fate	Sold 1904
Notes	Comus was a single-screw corvette designed for distant cruising service for the British Empire. Built with iron frames and steel plating, she was sheathed with wood and coppered.