September 1899. Odessa.

Country: United Kingdom.
Class, [Type]: Mariner, [SSlp].

Builder: Malta Dockyard, British protectorate.
Laid down date: 18 July 1883.
Launch date: 20 March 1888.
Commission date: 27 October 1892.
Decommission date: August 1920.

Displacement ( tons ): 970 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 51 x 9,8 x 4,3.
Main machinery: Sails, steam engine ( 850 hp ).
Sail plan: Barque.
Speed ( knots ): 11,5
Complement: 126.

Guns:  8 x 1 127mm, 8 x 1 MGs.
Comment: HMS Melita first British ship that visited Sevastopol after 1856.

Year of visit the Black Sea: 1899