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Cleopatra was a "cylinder ship" built to take Cleopatra's Needle from Alexandria to London in 1877. ... It carried a single mast rigged with gaff and foresail. [3]
Boats were carried both amidships and at the stern. [8] Cleopatra flew a barque or ship rig of sail on three masts, including studding sails on fore and mainmasts. [9] Between its two complete decks was the open quarterdeck, on which the battery was located. Under the lower deck were spaces for water, provisions, coal, and magazines for shell ...
HMS Cleopatra (1878) was a Comus-class screw corvette built in 1878, and used for harbour service from 1905. She was renamed Defiance III in 1922 and sold for breaking up in 1931. HMS Cleopatra (1915) was a C-class light cruiser built in 1915 and broken up in 1931. HMS Cleopatra (33) was a Dido-class cruiser built in 1940 and broken up in 1958.
In 1982 Cleopatra returned to Devonport to be converted to carry the new Type 1031 towed array sonar. [ 10 ] [ b ] To accommodate the new sonar changes were made to reduce topweight. The forward Seacat launcher and director was removed, as was the long-range Type 965 radar, allowing the ship's mainmast to be replaced by a smaller mast.
HMS Cleopatra was a 32-gun Amazon-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had a long career, seeing service during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War , and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars .
The ship started life as the Cleopatra, a mixed passenger liner and animal carrier. ... She carried 97 crew and 7 cattlemen, along with 1,280 tons of spirits, ...
The ship is officially the biggest cruise ship in the world, with Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas, new in early 2022, trailing close behind at 1,188 feet long and 235,600 gross tons.
HMS Cleopatra was a 26-gun Vestal-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dock and launched on 28 April 1835. She was to have been launched in July 1834 and fitted thereafter. [ 1 ]