84:
306:, frames, stem and stern posts were of iron, while the hull was planked with timber. This had the advantage of allowing the vessels to be coppered, thus keeping marine growth under control, a problem that caused iron-hulled ships to be frequently docked. They were 125 feet (38 m) in length and displaced 465 tons. In appearance they were distinguishable from the preceding
23:
838:
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704:
566:
Survey ship in 1887. Lent to Navy League as a training ship for boys at
Hammersmith on 28 March 1893. Sold to Shaws of Kent, Rainham for breaking in 1950
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646:
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690:
299:
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Wrecked off Tory Island, Ireland with loss of 52 lives on 22 September 1884, and the wreck sold in
November 1910
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411:
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375:
762:
465:
790:
553:
343:
331:
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Diving tender in 1904. Lent as training ship in March 1913. Sold for breaking on 13 March 1925
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Coastguard in 1891. Boom defence vessel in 1903. Sold for breaking at Dover on 2 December 1919
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Ships of the Royal Navy: The
Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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through a single screw, sufficient for 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph).
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Boom defence vessel in 1904. Sold to King, Garston for breaking on 14 May 1907
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658:
The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889
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Two-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engines built by
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Coastguard in 1893. Sold as steam tug on 4 April 1905, renamed
346:(a conversion of the smoothbore 32-pounder 58 cwt gun) and two
302:. The ships were of composite construction, meaning that the
342:
Ships of the class were armed with two 6-inch 64-pounder
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List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy
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class (also a
Barnaby design) by their vertical stems.
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mounting two 6-inch and two 4-inch guns, built for the
219:
2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
348:Armstrong 3.75-inch 20-pounder breech loading guns
548:on 6 December 1917 but raised and refitted 1918
250:2 × 6-inch/64-pdr (56cwt) muzzle-loading rifles
478:Tug in 1895. Yard craft in 1903. Sold in 1904
698:
641:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
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870:Victorian-era gunboats of the United Kingdom
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350:. A pair of machine guns was also fitted.
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460:Sold to Harris, Bristol on 14 May 1907
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189:23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
14:
504:on 1 July 1933 and sold in 1933
388:Sold at Chatham on 4 April 1905
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656:Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004).
660:. London: Chatham Publishing.
300:Director of Naval Construction
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232:9.5 kn (17.6 km/h)
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522:Sold on 6 December 1905
472:Barrow Iron Shipbuilding
454:Barrow Iron Shipbuilding
436:Barrow Iron Shipbuilding
418:Barrow Iron Shipbuilding
400:Barrow Iron Shipbuilding
324:Maudslay, Sons and Field
320:Barrow Iron Shipbuilding
255:3.75-inch/20-pdr BL guns
154:General characteristics
60:Barrow Iron Shipbuilding
865:Banterer-class gunboats
635:; Warlow, Ben (2006) .
578:Samuda Brothers, Poplar
560:Samuda Brothers, Poplar
534:Samuda Brothers, Poplar
282:between 1880 and 1892.
197:10 ft (3.0 m)
181:125 ft (38 m)
618:Winfield (2004), p.298
496:Hulk in 1905. Renamed
294:class was designed by
274:was a class of eleven
173:465 tons standard
344:muzzle-loading rifles
332:indicated horsepower
847:
846:
667:978-1-86176-032-6
648:978-1-86176-281-8
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546:Halifax Explosion
516:Pembroke Dockyard
490:Pembroke Dockyard
382:Pembroke Dockyard
296:Nathaniel Barnaby
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109:Succeeded by
65:Pembroke Dockyard
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519:19 February 1881
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328:J. and G. Rennie
298:, the Admiralty
259:2 × machine guns
162:Composite screw
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717:-class gunboats
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633:Colledge, J. J.
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457:2 November 1880
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202:Installed power
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70:Samuda Brothers
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38:Class overview
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364:Ship builder
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222:Single screw
170:Displacement
116:class (1883)
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581:18 May 1882
563:18 May 1882
385:25 May 1880
96:Preceded by
854:Categories
778:Cockchafer
626:References
544:. Sunk by
511:Cockchafer
314:Propulsion
280:Royal Navy
214:Propulsion
90:Royal Navy
591:Citations
502:St Angelo
205:440
146:Completed
133:1880–1907
125:1880–1882
78:Operators
28:HMS
824:Albacore
815:Forester
785:Starling
771:Bullfrog
757:Banterer
743:Wrangler
736:Grappler
715:Banterer
676:52620555
529:Starling
485:Bullfrog
449:Banterer
413:Wrangler
395:Grappler
367:Launched
338:Armament
308:Forester
292:Banterer
276:gunboats
270:Banterer
245:Armament
114:Albacore
101:Forester
54:Builders
47:Banterer
729:Redwing
377:Redwing
194:Draught
164:gunboat
138:Planned
764:Espoir
674:
664:
645:
498:Egmont
467:Espoir
286:Design
178:Length
87:
826:class
817:class
799:Raven
792:Stork
573:Raven
555:Stork
370:Fate
354:Ships
229:Speed
122:Built
103:class
49:class
750:Wasp
672:OCLC
662:ISBN
643:ISBN
431:Wasp
361:Name
304:keel
290:The
267:The
253:2 ×
237:Crew
186:Beam
159:Type
43:Name
30:Wasp
326:or
207:ihp
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