HMS Emerald (1795) 18 July. In November 1811, "Emerald" sailed to Portsmouth and was laid up in ordinary. Fitted out as a receiving ship in 1822, she was eventually broken up in January 1836. HMS Emerald (1795) HMS Emerald was a 36-gun frigate that Sir William Rule designed in 1794 for the Royal Navy. The Admiralty ordered her construction towards the end of May 1794 and work began the following month at Northfleet dockyard. She was completed on 12 October 1795 and joined Admiral John Jervis's fleet in the Mediterranean. In 1797, "Emerald" was one of several vessels sent to hunt down and
A Study in Emerald nonsense nonetheless.” While not explicitly stated at the conclusion of the story, based on the date that accompanies the "signature", the recent events in Russia most likely refer to the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, i.e. an assassination of an Old One of extreme importance. British game designer Martin Wallace announced a boardgame based on "A Study in Emerald", that was released in October 2013 In June 2018 Dark Horse Comics published a graphic novel adaptation of the short story by Rafael Scavone, Rafael Albuquerque & Dave Stewart. "A Study in Emerald" won the 2004 Hugo Award for