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ALGERINE composite gunvessels (1880-1881)

Algerine 1881

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Rambler   127 Elder, Fairfield 1879 26.1.1880 1884 // --- completed 1884 as survey vessel
Ranger   128 Elder, Fairfield 1879 12.2.1880 1880 sold 9.1892
Algerine   131 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1879 6.11.1880 1881 sold 5.1892

 

Displacement normal, t

835

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

47.9 pp

Breadth, m

8.99

Draught, m

4.11

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl HC, cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

810

Max speed, kts

10.5

Fuel, t

coal 110

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 178/14 41/2-ton MLR, 2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 71cwt MLR, 2 x 1 - 25/60

Complement

100

Project history: Composite gunvessels, Barnaby design.

Modernizations: 1890s, both: - 1 x 1 - 178/14; + 2 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II/III/IV/V

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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