PIGMY composite gunboats (1888-1889)
Pigmy 1889
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|
Pheasant |
Devonport DYd |
6.6.1887 |
10.4.1888 |
10.1888 |
sold 5.1906 |
||
| Partridge | Devonport DYd | 6.6.1887 | 10.5.1888 | 12.1888 | sold 1909 | ||
| Peacock | 214 | Pembroke DYd | 1887 | 22.6.1888 | 11.1888 | sold 5.1906 | |
| Pigmy | Sheerness DYd | 1887 | 27.7.1888 | 7.1889 | sold 4.1905 | ||
| Pigeon | 215 | Pembroke DYd | 1887 | 5.9.1888 | 3.1889 | sold 5.1906 | |
| Plover | 216 | Pembroke DYd | 1887 | 18.10.1888 | 7.1889 | boom defence vessel 1904 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
755 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
50.3 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
9.14 |
|
Draught, m |
3.43 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
sails + 1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1200 |
|
Max speed, kts |
13.2 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 105 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2500(10) |
|
Armament |
6 x 1 - 102/27 BL Mk II/III/IV/V/VI, 4 x 1 - 11.4/94 |
|
Complement |
76 |
Project history: Built under 1886-87 Programme.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
Plover
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