| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Arab | Robert Napier & Sons, Govan | 1873 | 13.10.1874 | 7.1875 | sold 1889 | ||
| Lily | Robert Napier & Sons, Govan | 1873 | 27.10.1874 | 8.1875 | wrecked 16.9.1889 |
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Displacement normal, t |
720 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
45.8 pp 50.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.69 |
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Draught, m |
4.11 |
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No of shafts |
1 hoisting |
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Machinery |
sails+ 1 2-cyl HC, 3 boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Arab: 656 Lily: 829 |
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Max speed, kts |
Arab: 10.4 Lily: 10.7 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 70 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
790(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III, 2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr MLR, 2 x MGs, 1 x light gun |
|
Complement |
90 |
Project history: Composite gunvessels, 3 guns Begun as sloops, rerated in April 1876 as gunvessels. Nathaniel Barnaby design of 1873. Poops were later added.
Modernizations: 1879, Arab: - 1 x 1 - 160/16; + 3 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr BL
Naval service: Lily wrecked off Cape d'Amour, Labrador 16.9.1889.
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