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was fitted forward on a hydraulic mount that allowed it to be lowered for a sea passage to improve the vessel's seaworthiness, and raised for action. Power was provided by a pair of two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engines driving twin screws. Together they developed 260 indicated
300:
mounting a single 10-inch gun, built between 1870 and 1880. They carried no masts or sails, being among the first Royal Navy vessels not to do so. The last four vessels were ordered separately and are sometimes known as the
1259:
308:, although they were essentially identical. Members of the class lingered on as steam lighters, dredgers, boom defence vessels and base ships, lasting in some cases into the 1950s.
1290:
1034:
316:
The flat-iron gunboats were designed for coastal defence and bombardment, and were constructed from iron. They were not rigged, and the single
992:
949:
1295:
1027:
374:
Became seagoing tender for weapons testing in 1904. Gunboat August 1914. Sold to W Loveridge, West
Hartlepool 19 August 1919.
729:
Boom defence vessel 1917, used as a target in 1921, sold to
Granton Shipbreaking Company for breaking up on 2 June 1926
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530:
505:
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1155:
1134:
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1057:
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734:
671:
611:
589:
359:
129:
1113:
1092:
1064:
543:
475:
379:
42:
1243:
1162:
1148:
1078:
692:
650:
428:
142:
1169:
713:
998:
988:
945:
297:
195:
1218:
914:
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603:
386:
366:
935:
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92:
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Ships of the Royal Navy: The
Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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horsepower (190 kW), giving a top speed of about 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h).
36:
796:
775:
742:
721:
666:
Boom defence vessel at
Southampton in 1908, sold to G Sharpe on 27 March 1920
238:
119:
96:
1002:
572:
551:
985:
The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889
1012:
436:
407:
328:
783:
Sold at
Chatham to Adrienne Merveille of Dunkirk on 3 April 1906
538:
Boom defence vessel in 1917, sold to F Bevis Ltd on 28 June 1921
1016:
394:
Sold to J Pas on 12 May 1908 and broken up in the
Netherlands
888:
in 1933. Believed to have been broken up at the Cape in 1951
517:
in 1914, sold to Thames
Shipbreakers Ltd on 28 November 1931
251:
Two 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engines
1260:
List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy
762:
in 1923 and finally sold to
Hocking, Plymouth in 1959
470:in 1903-4 and still listed as in service in 1930
1028:
944:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
832:, completing on 18 May 1900 and then renamed
8:
1291:Victorian-era gunboats of the United Kingdom
1035:
1021:
1013:
580:Sold on 12 January 1909 as salvage vessel
448:on 18 May 1920 and converted to a dredger
922:in 1933. Broken up at Simonstown in 1937
708:Sold at Chatham to Deaker, Hull in 1909
444:Sold in a partially dismantled state to
341:
960:
918:as base ship on 26 February 1919, then
488:Completed as a cable lighter, renamed
296:was a class of twenty-four Royal Navy
31:
318:10-inch (18 ton) muzzle-loading rifle
282:10-inch (18 ton) muzzle-loading rifle
221:26 ft 1.5 in (7.963 m)
7:
978:
976:
974:
972:
970:
968:
966:
964:
884:on 19 June 1923 as base ship, then
856:Sold at Portsmouth on 11 June 1905
559:Sold to W H Webber on 1 March 1922
645:Sold to R Gillham on 16 July 1906
466:Converted to tank vessel, renamed
25:
89:Campbell Johnston, North Woolwich
112:
35:
983:Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004).
828:Converted to a coal lighter at
987:. London: Chatham Publishing.
908:Converted to steam lighter at
1:
264:8.5 kn (15.7 km/h)
836:. Sold at the Cape in 1918
86:J & G Rennie, Greenwich
27:Class of Royal Navy gunboat
1312:
1296:Auxiliary gateship classes
750:Became base ship, renamed
435:Robert Napier & Sons,
406:Robert Napier & Sons,
1255:
1229:
1053:
687:Dockyard lighter in 1906
529:Charles Mitchell and Co,
504:Charles Mitchell and Co,
186:
83:Charles Mitchell & Co
52:
34:
804:Became oil fuel lighter
77:Robert Napier & Sons
938:; Warlow, Ben (2006) .
624:Hulked or sold in 1905
584:and lost in April 1940
187:General characteristics
339:
338:(foreground, in white)
229:6 ft (1.8 m)
213:85 ft (26 m)
205:254 tons standard
876:Became steam lighter
754:on 19 February 1912,
602:Sold to W Loveridge,
492:on 23 September 1907
332:
18:Gadfly-class gunboat
699:Campbell Johnston,
678:Campbell Johnston,
657:Campbell Johnston,
636:Campbell Johnston,
387:Portsmouth Dockyard
367:Portsmouth Dockyard
74:Portsmouth Dockyard
1286:Ant-class gunboats
606:on 6 October 1908
571:J & G Rennie,
550:J & G Rennie,
340:
298:flat-iron gunboats
1268:
1267:
994:978-1-86176-032-6
951:978-1-86176-281-8
926:
925:
912:in 1902, renamed
905:15 September 1879
880:in 1905, renamed
873:15 September 1879
758:in January 1922,
642:17 September 1872
287:
286:
196:Flat-iron gunboat
139:Succeeded by
101:Pembroke Dockyard
16:(Redirected from
1303:
1037:
1030:
1023:
1014:
1007:
1006:
980:
955:
801:4 September 1873
795:Laird Brothers,
774:Laird Brothers,
741:Laird Brothers,
720:Laird Brothers,
705:11 December 1872
684:15 November 1872
618:Chatham Dockyard
596:Chatham Dockyard
482:Chatham Dockyard
460:Chatham Dockyard
342:
118:
116:
115:
80:Chatham Dockyard
39:
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21:
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1281:Gunboat classes
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1049:
1047:-class gunboats
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982:
981:
962:
952:
936:Colledge, J. J.
934:
931:
663:16 October 1872
604:West Hartlepool
441:8 February 1871
391:8 December 1870
371:7 December 1870
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234:Installed power
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747:14 August 1873
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726:14 August 1873
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412:7 January 1871
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294:-class gunboat
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53:Class overview
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920:Afrikander II
917:
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904:
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901:Pembroke Dock
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869:Pembroke Dock
867:
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849:Pembroke Dock
847:
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839:
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824:
822:
821:Pembroke Dock
819:
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421:Milford Haven
418:
417:Thos. W. Ward
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241:(190 kW)
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171:In commission
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939:
919:
913:
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651:
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612:
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581:
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514:
510:4 April 1871
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348:Ship Builder
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291:
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288:
202:Displacement
155:
143:
131:
61:
44:
29:
577:20 May 1871
423:March 1923
174:1870 - 1959
166:1870 - 1879
126:Preceded by
41:A model of
1275:Categories
1108:Bloodhound
929:References
915:Afrikander
910:Simonstown
886:Afrikander
853:5 May 1879
830:Simonstown
825:5 May 1879
797:Birkenhead
776:Birkenhead
743:Birkenhead
722:Birkenhead
524:Bloodhound
254:Two screws
246:Propulsion
152:Subclasses
120:Royal Navy
97:Birkenhead
1235:HMS
582:Disperser
573:Greenwich
552:Greenwich
237:260
179:Completed
130:HMS
108:Operators
43:HMS
1003:52620555
808:in 1904
756:Vivid II
513:Renamed
415:Sold to
351:Launched
277:Armament
69:Builders
1220:Tickler
1206:Pincher
1143:Bulldog
1122:Bonetta
1101:Mastiff
1087:Scourge
1073:Bustard
895:Tickler
843:Pincher
631:Bulldog
566:Bonetta
515:Snapper
499:Mastiff
455:Scourge
401:Bustard
335:Mastiff
226:Draught
1245:Medina
1237:Plucky
1213:Griper
1199:Gadfly
1192:Weazel
1185:Hyaena
1178:Cuckoo
1157:Pickle
1136:Fidget
1129:Badger
1059:Blazer
1001:
991:
948:
863:Griper
815:Gadfly
790:Weazel
769:Hyaena
736:Cuckoo
673:Pickle
613:Fidget
591:Badger
531:Walker
506:Walker
361:Blazer
312:Design
304:Gadfly
210:Length
156:Gadfly
144:Medina
132:Plucky
117:
1247:class
1115:Arrow
1094:Snake
1066:Comet
882:Flora
878:YC373
834:YC230
752:Vivid
545:Arrow
477:Snake
437:Govan
408:Govan
381:Comet
354:Fate
325:Ships
306:class
261:Speed
163:Built
158:class
146:class
64:class
45:Arrow
1164:Snap
1150:Pike
1080:Kite
999:OCLC
989:ISBN
946:ISBN
806:C118
760:YC37
694:Snap
652:Pike
490:YC15
430:Kite
345:Name
289:The
280:One
269:Crew
218:Beam
192:Type
58:Name
1171:Ant
1045:Ant
715:Ant
468:C79
292:Ant
239:ihp
62:Ant
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