ALBACORE composite gunboats (1884)
nearly sister-ship Cygnet 1874
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|
Albacore |
506 |
Laird, Birkenhead |
1881 |
13.1.1883 |
2.1884 |
sold 5.1906 |
|
| Mistletoe | 507 | Laird, Birkenhead | 1881 | 7.2.1883 | 8.1884 | boom defence vessel 1903 | |
| Watchful | 508 | Laird, Birkenhead | 1881 | 13.2.1883 | 8.1884 | boom defence vessel 1903 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
560 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
41.2 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
7.92 |
|
Draught, m |
2.13 - 3.12 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl VC, cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
650 |
|
Max speed, kts |
10.7 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 85 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II, 2 x 1 - 102/27 BL Mk I/II, 2 x 1 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I |
|
Complement |
60 |
Project history: Three-masted barquentine rig. Reintroduced BL guns as main weapons on gunboats, but were the last to use traversing mountings.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
Watchful
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