Keywords: HMS Champion (1878) in 1880.jpg en HMS Champion was one of nine Comus-class corvettes of the Royal Navy built in the late 1870s and early 1880s to a design by Nathaniel Barnaby Champion was one of three in the class built by J Elder Co Govan Scotland and was launched on 1 July 1878 2 She was the third vessel under this name in the Royal Navy cite book William DeWitt Alexander History of later years of the Hawaiian Monarchy and the revolution of 1893 1896 Hawaiian Gazette Company 2821832 http //archive org/details/historyoflaterye00alexrich 1880 not given Comus class corvette PD-old |