Thistle 1901
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Bramble | Potter, Liverpool | 1897 | 26.11.1898 | 6/1900 | sold 1.1920 | ||
Britomart | Potter, Liverpool | 1897 | 28.3.1899 | 6/1900 | sold 6.1920 | ||
Dwarf | 294 | London & Glasgow Co, Govan | 1897 | 15.11.1898 | 8/1899 | sold 7.1926 | |
Thistle | 295 | London & Glasgow Co, Govan | 1897 | 22.6.1899 | 1901 | sold 7.1926 |
Displacement normal, t |
710 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
57.2 oa 54.9 pp |
Breadth, m |
10.1 |
Draught, m |
2.44 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 3-cyl VTE, Yarrow boilers |
Power, h. p. |
1300 |
Max speed, kts |
13.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal 145 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 4 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 10 x 1 - 11.4/94 |
Complement |
85 |
Project history: First British gunboats with steel hull and last British classical gunboats.
Modernizations: None
Naval service: No significant events.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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