Grasshopper 1888
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Grasshopper | Sheerness DYd | 27.4.1886 | 30.8.1887 | 7.1888 | sold 7.1905 | ||
| Sandfly | Devonport DYd | 19.4.1886 | 20.9.1887 | 7.1888 | sold 3.1905 | ||
| Spider | Devonport DYd | 9.6.1886 | 17.10.1887 | 12.1888 | sold 5.1903 |
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Displacement normal, t |
526 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
61.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
7.01 |
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Draught, m |
3.15 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 3-cyl VTE, locomotive boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
natural draught: 1600, forced draught: 2700 |
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Max speed, kts |
natural draught: 16.7, forced draught: 19.2 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 100 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2400(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/27 BL Mk II/III/IV/V/VI, 6 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 - 356 TT (1 bow, 1 stern, aw), 2 x 1 - 356 TT (8 at all) |
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Complement |
66 |
Project history: Very similar to Rattlesnake, but lighter, these vessels were engined by Maudslay. Their performance was not as good as their near-sister however.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Sandfly
Grasshopper
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