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NIGER composite paddle vessel (1880)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Niger, 4.1881- Cockatrice, 1896- Moorhen     John Elder & Co, Fairfield, Govan   10.3.1880 1880? sold 1899

 

Displacement normal, t

543

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

48.8 pp

Breadth, m

7.77

Draught, m

2.57 hold depth

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 SE

Power, h. p.

540

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr BL

Complement

 

Project history: Composite paddle special service vessel.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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