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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

SIR RICHARD FLETCHER mine vessels (1886-1889)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sir Richard Fletcher, 1905- Bouncer         1886 1886? sold 5.1920
Sir John Jones         1886 1886? unknown
General Elliot         1889 1889? unknown
Sir William Reid, 1905- Biter         1889 1889? sold 5.1923
Sir William Green         1889 1889? unknown
Sir Francis Head, 1906- Esk         1889 1889? sold 6.1920

 

Displacement standard, t

Sir Richard Fletcher, Sir John Jones: 100

others: 110

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

24.4

Breadth, m

5.18

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

 

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

200

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

mines

Complement

 

Project history: Purpose-built coastal minelayers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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