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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

GORDON mine vessels (1885-1887)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Gordon         1885 1885? unknown
Solent         1885 1885? unknown
Burgogne, 1905- Adder         1886 1886? tender ~1910s
Lord Heathfield, 1905- Firebrand         1886 1886? tender ~1910s
Victor, 1905- Beaver         1886 1886? sold 7.1911
Dundas, 1905- Elfin         1887 1887? tender ~1910s

 

Displacement standard, t

125

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

29.0 pp

Breadth, m

5.33

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

 

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

280

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

mines

Complement

 

Project history: Purpose-built coastal minelayers. They were renamed as shown upon tramsfer from the War Dept to the Admitalty in April 1904.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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