HMS Diamond (1874)

HMS Diamond was an in service 1874–89.

History

Diamond was built for the Royal Navy at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 26 September 1874.
In 1875 she commissioned service for the East Indies Station, later being transferred to the China Station. In 1876, she was driven ashore on the coast of Zanzibar. She was refloated. She returned to England in 1879 and was refitted and rearmed. After refit she commissioned service on the Australia Station in October 1881. She left the Australia Station in August 1888 and returned to England. She returned to Chatham and was paid off in 1889. She was sold in August 1889.