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382:
s were exceptionally provided with masts to extend their range and independence, in essence they were available for similar operations to their un-masted sisters; offensive action against shore defences. Their ungainly appearance led them to be described by the naval historian
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as "the most grotesque craft ever seen". All 12 vessels of the class were named after rivers. They were constructed entirely of iron and were fitted with an unusual bow rudder.
772:
944:
741:
709:
473:
765:
727:
621:
939:
758:
404:
314:
378:, a series of small vessels with low freeboards which mounted a small number of relatively large guns. Although the
396:
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32:
897:
809:
858:
802:
795:
56:
872:
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331:
149:
851:
844:
837:
823:
934:
420:
213:
479:
888:
737:
715:
705:
416:
511:, and was paid off into the Medway fleet reserve in June 1901. She was re-commissioned at
732:
384:
375:
928:
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527:
512:
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249:
81:
546:
424:
341:
219:
564:
was sold for breaking to the Dover
Shipbreaking Company on 21 February 1923.
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508:
20:
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in 1905, and served off the coast of
Tanganyika in 1915. She was renamed
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702:
The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889
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515:
21 December 1901 by
Boatswain A. S. Robinson for service in the river
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469:
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in 1917 while serving as a diving tender. She was scrapped in 1923.
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Send a
Gunboat: The Victorian Navy and Supremacy at Sea, 1854–1904
545:
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754:
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2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engines of 60
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449:
All ships of the class were built with three masts and a
681:"Naval Matters—Past and Prospective: Chatham Dockyard".
234:
2 × 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engines
914:
List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy
670:. No. 36645. London. 23 December 1901. p. 8.
415:
All the ships of the class were fitted with a pair of
457:
had her rig reduced to a pair of pole masts in 1892.
397:
6.3-inch (160-mm) 64-pdr 64-cwt muzzle-loading rifles
655:. No. 36488. London. 22 June 1901. p. 12.
340:launched in 1877. She was the fifth ship of the
685:. Vol. 30. 1 October 1907. pp. 97–98.
303:6.3-inch (160-mm) 64-pdr muzzle-loading rifles
766:
8:
950:Victorian-era gunboats of the United Kingdom
530:as a depot ship, was rammed by the collier
395:As built, ships of the class mounted three
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759:
751:
91:Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow
19:For other ships with the same name, see
683:The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect
573:
427:(230 kW), giving a speed of about
27:
666:"Naval & Military intelligence".
651:"Naval & Military intelligence".
474:Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
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178:110 ft 0 in (33.5 m)
186:34 ft 1 in (10.4 m)
14:
736:(2nd ed.). London: Conway.
503:served as gunnery tender to HMS
374:class were a development of the
202:5 ft 6 in (1.7 m)
194:9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
55:
31:
700:Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004).
403:had been fitted with a pair of
376:Rendel (or "flat-iron") gunboat
704:. London: Chatham Publishing.
1:
945:Ships built on the River Tyne
441: kn (17.6 km/h).
966:
405:4.7-inch quick-firing guns
315:4.7-inch quick-firing guns
18:
909:
883:
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538:to be docked for repair.
277: kn (17.6 km/h)
140:
49:
30:
16:Gunboat of the Royal Navy
254:(2 pole masts from 1892)
141:General characteristics
730:; Major, John (2007).
626:at the Naval Database"
558:
491:
489:Brassey's Naval Annual
468:was launched from the
423:. They developed 310
344:to be named after the
940:Medina-class gunboats
599:Winfield (2004) p.281
549:
522:On 11 September 1907
482:
44:) sometime after 1905
608:Gunboat (2007) p.167
487:-class gunboat from
425:indicated horsepower
554:-class gunboat HMS
483:The deck plan of a
476:on 23 August 1877.
165:386 tons (designed)
61:United Kingdom
559:
495:Operational career
492:
421:nominal horsepower
348:. She was renamed
214:nominal horsepower
155:iron screw gunboat
922:
921:
743:978-0-85177-923-2
711:978-1-86176-032-6
322:
321:
168:363 tons (actual)
120:in September 1905
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723:
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628:. Archived from
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417:R and W Hawthorn
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28:
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785:-class gunboats
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207:Installed power
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199:Depth of hold
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634:. Retrieved
630:the original
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551:
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534:, requiring
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461:Construction
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160:Displacement
150:
126:in June 1917
123:
117:
71:
41:
37:
25:
526:, based at
451:barquentine
399:. By 1892
346:River Trent
250:Barquentine
237:Twin screws
96:Yard number
82:River Trent
935:1877 ships
929:Categories
694:References
411:Propulsion
342:Royal Navy
282:Complement
229:Propulsion
668:The Times
653:The Times
568:Citations
509:Sheerness
445:Sail plan
308:From 1892
244:Sail plan
218:310
21:HMS Trent
720:52620555
536:Pembroke
524:Pembroke
505:Wildfire
472:yard of
391:Armament
352:Pembroke
296:As built
290:Armament
118:Pembroke
104:Launched
78:Namesake
38:Pembroke
899:Bouncer
811:Sabrina
528:Chatham
513:Chatham
436:⁄
338:gunboat
272:⁄
191:Draught
112:Renamed
88:Builder
50:History
860:Slaney
804:Medway
797:Medina
783:Medina
740:
718:
708:
636:31 May
552:Medina
532:Walton
517:Medway
485:Medina
470:Jarrow
380:Medina
372:Medina
366:Design
359:Gannet
335:-class
333:Medina
330:was a
175:Length
153:-class
151:Medina
124:Gannet
901:class
892:class
874:Tweed
867:Trent
624:Trent
622:"HMS
562:Trent
501:Trent
466:Trent
455:Trent
401:Trent
327:Trent
261:Speed
72:Trent
42:Trent
832:Tees
818:Spey
738:ISBN
716:OCLC
706:ISBN
638:2011
556:Spey
550:The
542:Fate
499:HMS
370:The
357:HMS
350:HMS
325:HMS
313:2 ×
301:3 ×
183:Beam
133:Fate
70:HMS
67:Name
40:(ex-
890:Ant
853:Esk
846:Don
839:Dee
825:Tay
220:ihp
212:60
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