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between 1871 and 1873. Although most were sold by 1890, one of them survived into the 1920s as a salvage vessel in private ownership. They were the first class of Royal Navy gunboat built of composite construction, that is, with iron keel, stem and stern posts, and iron framing, but planked with
373:-class gunboats were the first Royal Navy gunboats of composite construction. They were some of the first vessels to be fitted with compound-expansion engines, allowing the Royal Navy to experiment with new engine designs at little risk in small, cheap vessels. These engines were rated 60
389:(398 kW)). They were armed with two 6-inch (150 mm) 64-pounder (56cwt) muzzle-loading rifles and two 4-inch (100 mm) 20-pounder Armstrong breech loaders. All 4 guns were mounted on traversing carriages. Some of the class were re-armed in the 1880s with two
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Sold to George Cohen as a salvage vessel in
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breech loaders. All the ships of the class carried a three-masted
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1 × 2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine (except
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2 × 6-inch (150 mm) 64-pounder (56cwt) muzzle-loading rifles
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was a class of nine 4-gun composite gunboats built for the
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Armstrong breech loaders
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Hulk 1895. Sold to Rogers & Company in June 1924
576:Coastguard 26 November 1877. Sold in August 1889
620:with a horizontal single-expansion steam engine.
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680:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
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287:1 × (hoisting) screw
281:– single-expansion)
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350:Royal Navy
314:Complement
272:Propulsion
180:Composite
86:Royal Navy
864:Britomart
294:Sail plan
156:Completed
107:Britomart
72:Operators
873:Forester
820:Mosquito
792:Coquette
715:52620555
511:Mosquito
439:Coquette
429:Launched
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322:Armament
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193:430 tons
120:Forester
57:Builders
29:Coquette
834:Swinger
827:Goshawk
614:Swinger
547:Swinger
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279:Swinger
253:Draught
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806:Decoy
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475:Decoy
432:Fate
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371:Ariel
344:Ariel
306:Speed
240:Ariel
198:Ariel
140:Built
122:class
109:class
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31:, by
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733:ISBN
711:OCLC
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682:ISBN
457:Foam
423:Name
377:(an
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230:Beam
214:295
164:Lost
128:Cost
46:Name
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