HMS Endymion (1865)

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The Endymion was the last wooden frigate built at Deptford. Her keel was laid down on 20 October 1860. She was launched on November 18, 1865.
The name of the ship is given by the character of Greek myth:
“Endymion was a handsome shepherd prince who was loved by the moon goddess Selene. When Zeus offered him the choice of fate, Endymion chose immortality and youth in eternal sleep. He was laid in a cave on Mount Latmos in Caria, where every night he was visited by the lunar beloved.”
HMS Endymion was a 21-gun Ister-class wooden screw frigate, the third of four ships of this name to serve in the Royal Navy. She was the last wooden frigate built at Deptford Dockyard. She was commissioned in 1866 and spent much of her service based at Malta. In 1869–70 she sailed around the world as part of a Flying Squadron. She remained in front-line service until 1874.
Endymion then served as a guard ship at Hull, Yorkshire until 1879, latterly with her boilers condemned as unfit for service. A plan to use her as a flagship at Harwich, Essex from 1875 was abandoned due to the loss of HMS Vanguard. During her time at Hull, crew from Endymion assisted the local police in fighting a number of fires in buildings and timber yards.
Emdymion was lent to the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1881 for use as an administration and hospital ship, initially at Greenwich, Kent and later at Dartford. She was sold out of service in 1885, and served as an administration ship until 1904. Endymion was sold in December 1904 and broken up in 1905.
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endymion_%281865%29.