| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ranger | Deptford DYd | 16.11.1857 | 26.11.1859 | 10.5.1860 | sold 11.869 | ||
| Espoir | Pembroke DYd | 25.4.1859 | 7.1.1860 | 27.9.1860 | dredger 1869 | ||
| Landrail | Deptford DYd | 3.8.1859 | 27.3.1860 | 27.9.1860 | sold 9.1869 | ||
| Nimble | Pembroke DYd | 30.10.1859 | 15.9.1860 | 8.4.1861 | harbour service 1879 | ||
| Speedwell | Deptford DYd | 2.4.1860 | 12.2.1861 | 19.10.1861 | BU 7.1876 | ||
| Pandora | Pembroke DYd | 30.3.1860 | 7.2.1861 | 9.1861 | sold 1.1875 | ||
| Lee | Money Wigram & Son, Blackwall | 20.6.1859 | 25.1.1860 | 24.4.1862 | BU 3.1875 | ||
| Dart, 4.1882- Kangaroo | C J Mare & Co, Millwall | 27.6.1859 | 10.3.1860 | 8.3.1862 | BU 12.1884 | ||
| Snipe | J Scott Russell, Millwall | 27.6.1859 | 5.5.1860 | 6.8.1863 | BU 5.1868 | ||
| Sparrow | J Scott Russell, Millwall | 27.6.1859 | 7.7.1860 | 16.3.1863 | BU 1868 | ||
| Torch | R & H Green, Blackwall | 29.6.1859 | 24.12.1859 | 14.7.1860 | BU 9.1881 | ||
| Plover | R & H Green, Blackwall | 29.6.1859 | 19.1.1860 | 5.9.1861 | sold 9.1865 | ||
| Penguin | Wm Cowley Miller, Toxteth Dock, Liverpool | 29.6.1859 | 8.2.1860 | 13.3.1861 | sold 2.1870 | ||
| Steady | Wm Cowley Miller, Toxteth Dock, Liverpool | 29.6.1859 | 8.2.1860 | 12.6.1861 | sold 5.1870 | ||
| Cygnet | Money Wigram & Co, Northam | 28.7.1859 | 6.6.1860 | 13.6.1861 | BU 8.1868 | ||
| Griffon | William Pitcher, Northfleet | 28.6.1859 | 25.2.1860 | 28.7.1861 | collision 2.10.1866 | ||
| Mullet | Charles Lungley, Rotherhithe | 29.6.1859 | 3.2.1860 | 30.4.1862 | sold 4.1872 | ||
| Philomel | J & R White, Cowes | 9.7.1859 | 10.3.1860 | 11.2.1861 | sold 6.1865 | ||
| Newport | Pembroke DYd | 17.9.1860 | 20.7.1867 | 4.1868 // --- | completed as survey ship | ||
| Alban | Deptford DYd | 1.10.1860 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 | ||
| Jaseur | Deptford DYd | 7.1.1861 | 15.5.1862 | 6.4.1863 | sold 12.1874 | ||
| Humber | Pembroke DYd | 8.2.1861 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 | ||
| Undine | Deptford DYd | 31.12.1861 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
570 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
44.2 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
7.72 |
|
Draught, m |
3.96 hold depth |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
Ranger: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk others: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
|
Power, h. p. |
Ranger: 284ihp Espoir: 286ihp Landrail: 253ihp Nimble: 334ihp Speedwell: 322ihp Pandora: 346ihp Lee: 352ihp Dart: 281ihp Snipe: 363ihp Sparrow: 392ihp Torch: 281ihp Plover: 341ihp Penguin: 365ihp Steady: 360ihp Cygnet: 354ihp Griffon: 326ihp Mullet: 355ihp Philomel: 327ihp Newport: 325ihp |
|
Max speed, kts |
Ranger: 9 Espoir, Lee: 9.7 Landrail: 8.4 Nimble: 9.9 Speedwell: 8.9 Pandora: 9.4 Dart: 8.7 Snipe: 10.3 Sparrow, Philomel: 10.9 Torch: 8.8 Plover: 10.5 Penguin, Steady: 11.1 Cygnet: 11.2 Griffon, Mullet: 10.1 Newport: 9.3 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 147/8 SBML howitzers, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr BL |
|
Complement |
60 |
Project history: Wooden-hulled 2nd class gunvessels, 5 guns. Enlarged Algerine class. Rye, Portia and Discovery were cancelled in 1863 before they were laid down.
Modernizations: 1860s, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 206/15; + 1 x 1 - 183/14 7'' 110pdr BL
Naval service: Griffon collided with gunvessel Pandora off Little Popo in West Africa 2.10.1866 and stranded.
© Navypedia, 2020