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was away. The experiment cost £10,000 more than the
British-built versions, and incurred substantial delay; it was not repeated, and
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Tender to
Britannia at Dartmouth in 1896; tender to Osborne College, Cowes in February 1903. Salvage vessel in June 1917. Sold to
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Boom defence in 1903. Lent to
Liverpool Salvage Association as a salvage vessel in 1917. Laid up from 1922 to 1929. Sold to
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The class was designed and built to carry eight 5-inch 38cwt breech-loading guns, one light gun and eight machine guns.
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took six years to build. The intention behind building her at Malta was to make use of the substantial workforce at
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All the ships were laid down in 1882-83. While most of the ships were completed relatively quickly,
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375:(634 kW) driving a single screw. This arrangement provided enough power to drive the ships at
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was built by contract at Jacobs Pill on the
Pembroke River (a private yard founded in the 1870s by
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Boom defence in 1904. Lent to
Liverpool Salvage Association as a salvage vessel in 1917, renamed
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between 1883 and 1888. Four were built in the Naval
Dockard at Devonport, and two elsewhere; the
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remained the only warship of any significant size ever built in Malta for the Royal Navy.
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Propulsion was provided by a 2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine of 850
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Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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Sold to Harris, Bristol on 15 December 1899. Broken up at
Milford Haven in 1904
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Approximately 2,100 nmi (3,900 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
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The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889
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Boom defence in May 1905. Salvage vessel in
December 1915, renamed
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Gunboat: The Victorian Navy and Supremacy at Sea, 1854–1904
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List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy
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who were otherwise (it was felt) unemployed when the
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2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
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681:of the gun; 38cwt is the weight of the gun in
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779:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
47:-class gunvessels (later reclassified sloops)
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1001:Victorian-era gunboats of the United Kingdom
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707:"Cruisers at battleships-cruisers website"
660:, which had only 6 of the 38cwt version.
408:All the ships of the class were built as
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432:had 40cwt guns instead of 38cwt, and
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803:(2nd ed.). London: Conway.
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288:5-inch 38cwt breech-loading guns
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818:Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004).
822:. London: Chatham Publishing.
357:Director of Naval Construction
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576:Milford Haven Shipbuilding Co
436:had two of her guns removed.
363:before they entered service.
65:Milford Haven Shipbuilding Co
502:, Blyth on 19 February 1929
546:, Blyth on 6 November 1928
392:(21.3 km/h), although
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318:from 1884) built for the
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190:14 ft (4.3 m)
182:32 ft (9.8 m)
136:General characteristics
797:; Major, John (2007).
756:Preston (2007), p.178.
747:Winfield (2004), p.296
564:Sold on 12 April 1904
636:at Wikimedia Commons
400:recorded 12.5 knots.
373:indicated horsepower
454:Mediterranean Fleet
558:Devonport Dockyard
536:Devonport Dockyard
514:Devonport Dockyard
492:Devonport Dockyard
98:Machinery: £12,787
57:Devonport Dockyard
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879:-class gunvessels
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810:978-0-85177-923-2
786:978-1-86176-281-8
632:Media related to
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604:. Sold to
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367:Propulsion
320:Royal Navy
312:gunvessels
273:Complement
207:Propulsion
155:from 1884)
151:(rated as
84:Royal Navy
712:11 August
693:Citations
404:Sail plan
222:Sail plan
198:850
149:gunvessel
145:Composite
128:Completed
72:Operators
902:Reindeer
838:52620555
658:Reindeer
623:See also
614:Restorer
602:Ringdove
509:Reindeer
477:Launched
434:Reindeer
424:Armament
281:Armament
236:-rigged)
163:970 tons
103:Reindeer
52:Builders
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895:Mariner
877:Mariner
679:calibre
666:QF guns
652:Except
487:Mariner
384:⁄
306:Mariner
252:⁄
187:Draught
45:Mariner
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930:Melita
916:Icarus
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430:Melita
414:Icarus
410:barque
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394:Icarus
361:sloops
347:Design
332:Melita
316:sloops
230:Icarus
226:Barque
168:Length
153:sloops
147:screw
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957:class
948:class
923:Acorn
909:Racer
640:Notes
571:Acorn
531:Racer
480:Fate
464:Ships
390:knots
324:Acorn
308:class
265:Range
258:knots
241:Speed
112:Built
29:Racer
834:OCLC
824:ISBN
805:ISBN
781:ISBN
714:2008
471:Name
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179:Beam
141:Type
90:Cost
41:Name
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