Dolphin 1884
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
| Dolphin | 195 | Raylton Dixon, Middlesborough | 1881 | 9.12.1882 | 5.1884 | sailing TS 1899, hulk 1907 | |
| Wanderer | 196 | Raylton Dixon, Middlesborough | 1881 | 8.2.1883 | 5.1884 | sailing TS 1894, sold to BU 2.1907 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
925 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
47.9 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
9.75 |
|
Draught, m |
4.26 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl HCE |
|
Power, h. p. |
Dolphin: 720 Wanderer: 750 |
|
Max speed, kts |
11.3 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 135 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
1700(10) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 152/26 BL Mk II, 2 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I, 1 x 2 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I, 2 x 1 - 11.4/87 |
|
Complement |
115 |
Project history: Designed by Nathaniel Barnaby. These were the first sloops to benefit by the Admiralty's rearmament policy of replacing ML guns with modern BLs. The MGs were a mixture of 25mm Nordenfelds and 11.43mm Gardners. Apart from their up-to-date armament, they were a repeat of the Wild Swan class.
Modernizations: 1892, Dolphin: - 2 x 1 - 152/26, 2 x 1 - 127/25; + 2 x 1 - 152/26 BL Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk V
Naval service: Dolphin's chief distinction being that she gave her name to the submarine base when she became an accommodation hulk for submarines in 1907. Before that her engines were removed in 1896 and she became sailing training ship in 1899. She was sold in 1925 and foundered under tow to BU 19.4.1925, raised and beached and later used as accommodation school ship until BU in 1977. Wanderer became brig-rigged sailing TS in 1894 and sold for BU in February 1907.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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