Hi Marie,
I guess you already have the description and photos of HMS Tourmaline
from:
http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/emerald_class.htmAs for the schedule, following is composed from The Times 1880-1883.
The period you are interested in 1881 - it is a world-wide cruise of
HMS Tourmaline as a part of Flying (Detached Squadron).
September 27, 1879 - Hochelaga, Montreal
http://www4.bnquebec.ca/massic/mt3685.htmJanuary 21, 1880 - from Barbados to Jamaica
February 4, from Barbados to Trinidad and Tobago
February 19 - Trinidad
February - cruising round West Indies
May 21, 1880 - Colon
June 1880 - Jamaica
September 1880 - it is decided at the House of Commons to form a squadron
of training ships (as there are many young seamen who should be
sent to sea, but there are no training ships available and it will
take a long time to build new training ships). The squadron will
consist of Inconstant, Bacchante, Tourmaline and Cleopatra. For this
reason, Touramline is withdrawn from the West Indies squadron.
September 24, 1880 - Sheerness, repairs at dock No. 3
October 1880 - The Flying Squadron (Inconstant, Cleopatra, Carysfort, Bacchante,
Tourmaline) sailed for a training cruise round the world, which is
supposed to finish not earlier than in May 1882. During this cruise
vessels will spend around 370 days at sea.
The crew of the Flying Squadron was 1900 men. The schedule of the
voyage was prepared by Admiralty, stating arrivals and departures from
the ports, but it was (at least in October 1880 kept secret from the
Press).
October 22, 1880 at 12-40 Tourmaline left Sheerness for a wrold-wide
cruise.
November 01, 1880 - Tormaline left Plymouth for Madeira
November 05, 1880 - arrived Madeira from Gibraltar
November 17, 1880 - arrived St. Vincent, Cape de Verde
November 21, 1880 - 15-34 N, 25-29 W
November 28, 1880 - crossed Equator
December 22, 1880 - arrived Montevideo. Royal Princess on board HMS Bacchante.
January 9, 1881 - sailed from Montevideo for Falkland Islands. Upon
arrival, the telegram about the beginning of Boers war was received,
and also orders to proceed to Cape of Good Hope
February 16, 1881 - arrived Cape Town
February 1881, Simon's Bay (Cape of Good Hope). Now the squadron is named Detached
Squadron.
April 9, 1881 - sailed fro Melbourne
May 22, 1881 arrived Hobson Bay
June 25, 1881 - Hobson Bay, Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an6336723-v.jpgJuly 9, 1881 - sailed for Sydney
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/b/3/8/im/b38991.jpgAugust 9, 1881 - sailed for Brisbane
September 3, 1881 - arrived Levuka, Fiji
September 10, 1881 - left Fiji
September 21 , 1881 - Pleasant Island
October 21, 1881 - Yokohama.
November 1, 1881 - sailed for Kobe
November 4 , 1881 - arrived Kobe
November 12, 1881 - sailed for Simonoseki
November 16, 1881 - sailed for Woosung (Shanghai)
November 23, 1881 - arrived Woosung
December 6, 1881 - Woosung
December 15, 1881 - arrived Amoy
January 13, 1882 - Hong Kong
February 27, 1882 - arrived Anjer (Java) from Singapore
March 8, 1882 - sailed from Anjer for Simon's Bay
May 16, 1882 - left Simon's Bay homeward, for St. Vincent, Cape de
Verde
June 20, 1882 - arrived to St. Vincent
June 1882 - St. Helena
July 1, 1882 - arrived Gibraltar from Madeira
July 13, 1882 - left Malta for Cyprus
July 17, 1882 - arrived Limasol for coaling
July 20, 1882 - arrived Alexandria
July 22, 1882 - Port Said, Suez Canal
August 20, 1882 - entered Suez Canal
August 23, 1882 - Ismailia
August 24, 1882 - guarding Suez Canal between Port Said and Ismailia
October 5, 1882 - arrived Alexandria
October 8, 1882 - entered Suez Canal southbound, for Suez
November, 1882 - Aden
March 1, 1883 - Bombay
Tourmaline was engaged in operation of Egypt expeditionary forces from July 20 till
September 14, 1882
Do you have another vessels of your grand-grandfather?
Regards
Michael
