Kammala jumla mai zuwa: HMS "Penelope" wani jirgin ruwa ne mai mahimmanci wanda aka gina don Royal Navy a ƙarshen 1860s kuma an tsara shi a matsayin mai ɗaukar makamai. An tsara shi don aiki a bakin teku tare da zurfin zurfi, kuma wannan ya yi matukar damuwa da aikinsa a karkashin jirgin ruwa. An kammala shi a shekara ta 1868, jirgin ya yi shekara mai zuwa tare da Channel Fleet kafin a sanya shi zuwa Squadron na farko a 1869 kuma ya zama jirgin ruwa na bakin teku na Harwich har zuwa 1887. "Penelope" an tattara shi yayin da tashin hankali tare da Rasha ya tashi a lokacin Russo-Turkish War na 1877-78 kuma ya shiga cikin Bombardment na Alexandria a lokacin yakin basasa.
Yaƙin Anglo-Masar na 1882. Jirgin ya zama jirgi mai karɓa a Afirka ta Kudu a 1888 sannan kuma ya zama kurkuku a 1897. An sayar da shi don lalata a 1912.