ARIEL composite gunboats (1871-1873)
very similar Cygnet 1874
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Coquette | 176 | Pembroke DYd | 1870 | 5.4.1871 | 1871 | sold 8.1889 | |
| Foam | 177 | Pembroke DYd | 1871 | 29.8.1871 | 1872 | sold 6.1887 | |
| Decoy | 178 | Pembroke DYd | 1871 | 12.10.1871 | 1872 | sold 10.1885 | |
| Merlin | 179 | Pembroke DYd | 1871 | 9.12.1871 | 11.1873 | sold 2.1891 | |
| Mosquito | 180 | Pembroke DYd | 1871 | 9.12.1871 | 11.1873 | sold 12.1888 | |
| Goshawk | 181 | Pembroke DYd | 1871 | 23.1.1872 | 9.1873 | hulk 1902 | |
| Swinger | 182 | Pembroke DYd | 1871 | 7.2.1872 | 9.1873 | hulk 1895 | |
| Ariel | Chatham DYd | 1872 | 11.2.1873 | 7.1873 | coastguard 11.1877 | ||
| Zephyr | Chatham DYd | 1872 | 11.2.1873 | 6.1873 | sold 8.1889 |
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Displacement normal, t |
430 Ariel, Zephyr: 438 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
38.1 pp |
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Breadth, m |
6.86 Ariel, Zephyr: 7.01 |
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Draught, m |
2.59 - 3.20 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl HCE, cylindrical boilers Swinger: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
406 - 484 Ariel, Zephyr: 534 - 540 |
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Max speed, kts |
9.5 Ariel, Zephyr: 10.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 40 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 56cwt MLR, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr 16cwt BL |
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Complement |
40 |
Project history: Three-masted barquentine rig. All 4 guns were mounted on traversing carriages.
Modernizations: 1880s, some: - 2 x 1 - 160/16; + 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.
Goshawk
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