FORESTER composite gunboats (1874-1877)
Cygnet 1874
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|
Cygnet |
60 |
Doxford, Sunderland |
1873 |
30.5.1874 |
1874 |
BU 1889 |
|
|
Express |
61 |
Doxford, Sunderland |
1873 |
16.7.1874 |
1874 |
sold 8.1889 |
|
|
Contest |
62 |
Doxford, Sunderland |
1873 |
29.8.1874 |
1874 |
BU 1889 |
|
|
Sheldrake, 3.1888- Drake |
339 |
Napier, Govan |
1874 |
3.7.1875 |
1875 |
drill ship 3.1888, coastguard 1893 |
|
|
Mallard |
204 |
Earle, Hull |
1874 |
4.8.1875 |
1875 |
sold 8.1889 |
|
|
Moorhen |
340 |
Napier, Govan |
1874 |
13.9.1875 |
1875 |
sold 11.1888 |
|
|
Foxhound |
|
Barrow Iron SB |
2/1876 |
29.1.1877 |
11/1877 |
coastguard 1886 |
|
|
Forward |
|
Barrow Iron SB |
1876 |
29.1.1877 |
1877 |
coal hulk 1892 |
|
|
Firm |
209 |
Earle, Hull |
1876 |
14.2.1877 |
1877 |
sold 5.1907 |
|
|
Forester |
210 |
Earle, Hull |
1876 |
26.2.1877 |
1877 |
coal hulk 1894 |
|
|
Firebrand |
152 |
J & G Thomson, Govan |
1876 |
30.4.1877 |
1877 |
sold 1905 |
|
|
Firefly |
153 |
J & G Thomson, Govan |
1876 |
28.6.1877 |
1877 |
boom defence vessel 1904 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
Cygnet, Express, Contest, Sheldrake, Mallard, Moorhen: 440 Foxhound, Forward, Firm, Forester, Firebrand, Firefly: 455 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
38.1 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
7.16 |
|
Draught, m |
2.59 - 3.20 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl HC, cylindrical boilers Moorhen, Sheldrake: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE direct acton, cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
Cygnet, Express, Contest, Sheldrake, Mallard, Moorhen: 450 Foxhound, Forward, Firm, Forester, Firebrand, Firefly: 500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
10 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 40 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 56cwt MLR, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr 16cwt BL |
|
Complement |
60 |
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.
© Ivan Gogin, 2008-13