HMS Eurydice (1843)

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HMS Eurydice, painted by William Howard Yorke, Liverpool 1871
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Eurydice
Namesake	The nymph Eurydice, wife of Orpheus
Ordered	27 August 1841
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Cost	£16,137, plus £9,312 for fitting out
Laid down	April 1842
Launched	16 May 1843
Completed	1 September 1843
Commissioned	27 June 1843
Recommissioned	30 May 1846, 4 April 1854, 7 February 1877
Fate	Foundered in 1878 Salvaged and broken up that year
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Tons burthen	910 81/94 bm[1]
Length	141 ft 2 in (43.03 m) (gundeck)[1] 117 ft 9.75 in (35.9093 m) (keel)
Beam	38 ft 10 in (11.84 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	190[1]
Armament	Rated for 26 guns Upperdeck: 18 × 32-pdr (45cwt) long guns Quarterdeck: 6 × 32-pdr (25cwt) guns Focsle: 2 × 32-pdr (45cwt) long guns

HMS Eurydice was a 26-gun Royal Navy corvette which was the victim of one of Britain's worst peacetime naval disasters when she sank in 1878.