Arrival of H.M.S. Curacoa.
| « i H. M. S. Puracoa 6crew cruiser, 2389 tons, Captain Robert W. Sopford. arrived -it Wellington from' Sydney on Wednesday afternoon. She left on Wednesday last, and experienced northerly weather on the voyage across. The Cumcoa was commissioned nt Devenport in March, 1888, and she left England on May 11th of the tame year. She ■pent about two y^ars on the West Coast of Africa, and then sailed for Australia to re'ieve H.M S. Opal on the Austra'ian Station. She is seel, wood, and copper sheathed, and is fitted with th=- latent improvements in the way of armament. She ca;rie3 12 1-irge gun? — eight five inch and four ex inch l>reecb-load-ing guns — .even NordenJoMte, two. " Gardners,' one nine-pounder and one sevi -n-po'nnder, one three - poundi-v Hotcbkiss, and six Whitehead torpedoes Her diraensious are :— Length 225 ft, breadth 44 #t her engines are 2549 horse-powei 1 . She carries a crew of 290. The Ouracoa will remain in New Zealand waters until March. She will stay in Wellington about a fortnight, and then pioi-oed to Auckland, after which she will return hero and then go on to Lytielton
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 November 1890, Page 2
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190Arrival of H.M.S. Curacoa. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 November 1890, Page 2
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