nearly sister-ship Dragon 1880
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|
Wild Swan |
341 |
Napier, Govan |
14.9.1874 |
28.1.1876 |
23.8.1876 |
base ship 5.1904 |
|
|
Penguin |
342 |
Napier, Govan |
14.7.1874 |
25.3.1876 |
23.8.1877 |
survey ship 1.1890 |
|
|
Osprey |
|
Sheerness DYd |
1875 |
5.8.1876 |
19.4.1877 |
sold to BU 4.1890 |
|
|
Pelican |
|
Devonport DYd |
8.3.1875 |
26.4.1877 |
29.11.1877 |
sold 1.1901 |
|
|
Cormorant |
|
Chatham DYd |
1875 |
12.9.1877 |
2.7.1878 |
hulk 11.1889 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1130 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
58.8 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
11.0 |
|
Draught, m |
4.80 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
Wild Swan, Osprey: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, return connecting rod, 3 cylindrical boilers Osprey, Pelican, Cormorant: sails + 1 2-cyl HCE, 3 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
Wild Swan: 797 Penguin: 666 Osprey: 946 Pelican: 1056 Cormorant: 951 |
|
Max speed, kts |
Wild Swan: 10.3 Penguin: 9.9 Osprey: 11.4 Pelican: 12.2 Cormorant: 11.3 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 150 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
Wild Swan: 1120(10) others: 1480(10) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 178/16 90cwt MLR, 4 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 64cwt MLR |
|
Complement |
140 - 150 |
Project history: Designed by Nathaniel Barnaby as a follow on from the Fantome class, who endeavoured to achieve handiness with increased speed. The speed was never realised, Wild Swan and Penguin in particular failing to reach the contract speed. After their first commissions, they were re-engined at Devonport DYd with engines built there. The system of mounting the guns was similar to that in the Amazon class. Three boilers worked at 4.2kgf/cm2. All were barque-rigged. The two groups (Osprey and Doterel classes) were distinguished by the shape of the bows: Group 1 had knee-bows, and Group 2 had vertical stems.
Modernizations: 1877, Wild Swan, Penguin: were re-engined with Devonport 2-cyl HCE
mid-1880s, all: + (4 - 6) x 1 - 11.4/87
mid-1880s, Wild Swan, Pelican: were rearmed with 2 x 1 - 152/26 BL Mk II, 6 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II/III/IV, 4 x 1 - 11.4/94
Naval service: No significant events.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2008-09