BANTERER composite gunboats (1880-1885)
nearly sister-ship Cygnet 1874
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|
Redwing (ex-Espoir) |
200 |
Pembroke DYd |
1879 |
25.5.1880 |
1880 |
sold 4.1905 |
|
| Grappler | Barrow Iron SB | 1879 | 5.10.1880 | 1881 | boom defence vessel 1904 | ||
| Wrangler | Barroe Iron SB | 1879 | 5.10.1880 | 10.1881 | coastguard 1891 | ||
| Wasp | Barrow Iron SB | 1879 | 5.10.1880 | 12.1881 | wrecked 22.9.1884 | ||
| Banterer | Barrow Iron SB | 1879 | 2.11.1880 | 10.1882 | sold 5.1907 | ||
| Espoir | Barrow Iron SB | 1879 | 2.11.1880 | 1.1883 | yard craft 1903 | ||
| Bullfrog | 201 | Pembroke DYd | 1879 | 3.2.1881 | 1885 | hulk 1905 | |
| Cockchafer | 202 | Pembroke DYd | 1879 | 19.2.1881 | 1.1883 | sold 12.1905 | |
| Starling | Samuda, Poplar | 1881 | 19.4.1882 | 8.1882 | coastguard 1893 | ||
| Stork | Samuda, Poplar | 1881 | 18.5.1882 | 1.1883 | survey ship 1887 | ||
| Raven | Samuda, Poplar | 1881 | 18.5.1882 | 4.1883 | diving tender 1904 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
465 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
38.1 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
7.16 |
|
Draught, m |
3.05 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl HC, cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
440 |
|
Max speed, kts |
9.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 40 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 56cwt MLR, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr 16cwt BL, 2 x 1 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I |
|
Complement |
60 |
Project history: Three-masted barquentine rig. All 4 guns were mounted on traversing carriages. Banterer class ships distinguished from the preceding class by having vertical stems.
Modernizations: 1880s, some: - 2 x 1 - 160/16; + 2 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II/III/IV/V
Naval service: Wasp was wrecked off Tory Island, Ireland 22.9.1884.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
Cockchafer
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