Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Beagle | John Cuthbert, Miller's Point, Sydney | 5.12.1872 | 8.1873 | sold 1883 | |||
Sandfly | John Cuthbert, Miller's Point, Sydney | 5.12.1872 | 8.1873 | sold 1883 | |||
Renard | John Cuthbert, Miller's Point, Sydney | 16.1.1873 | 8.1873 | sold 1884 | |||
Conflict | John Cuthbert, Miller's Point, Sydney | 11.2.1873 | 8.1873 | sold 1882 |
Displacement normal, t |
120bm |
Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
23.5 gundeck |
Breadth, m |
5.64 |
Draught, m |
2.59 hold depth |
No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
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Fuel, t |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 114/18 12pdr SBML |
Complement |
Project history: Schooners built to help enforce the Imperial Parliament's Kidnapping Act of 1872, which aimed to eliminate the practice of kidnapping Pacific islanders as a labour force for white settles in tropical NE Australia, known in Australia as 'blackbirding'.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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