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ROYAL NAVY (UNITED KINGDOM)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

BOUNCER flatiron gunboats (1881)

nearly sister-ship Ant 1872

Name

No

Yard No

Builder

Laid down

Launched

Comp

Fate

Insolent   203 Pembroke DYd 1880 15.3.1881 1881 gate vessel 1.1918
Bouncer   204 Pembroke DYd 1880 15.3.1881 1881 sold 4.1905

 

Displacement normal, t

265

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

26.6

Breadth, m

7.96

Draught, m

1.83 - 1.98

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 2-cyl HSE, 1 cylindrical boiler

Power, h. p.

230

Max speed, kts

8.5

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 254/15 MLR Mk I/II

Complement

30

Project history: Rendel 'flatiron' gunboats.
Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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

 

Bouncer

 

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