nearly sister-ship Pigmy
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Goldfinch | Sheerness DYd | 1888 | 18.5.1889 | 1889 | survey vessel 2.1902 | ||
| Lapwing | Devonport DYd | 5/1888 | 12.4.1889 | 1889 | sold 11.1910 | ||
| Magpie | 217 | Pembroke DYd | 1888 | 15.3.1889 | 1889 | boom defence vessel 1902, gunboat 1915, depot ship 10.1915 | |
| Redbreast | 218 | Pembroke DYd | 1888 | 25.4.1889 | 1889 | sold 1910 | |
| Redpoll | 219 | Pembroke DYd | 1888 | 13.6.1889 | 1890 | sold 5.1906 | |
| Ringdove | Devonport DYd | 6/1888 | 30.4.1889 | 1889 | salvage vessel Melita 12.1915 | ||
| Sparrow, 7.1906- Amokura (7/1906- RNZN) | 261 | Scotts, Greenock | 1888 | 26.9.1889 | 5/1890 | TS 7.1906, coal hulk 2.1922 | |
| Thrush | 262 | Scotts, Greenock | 1888 | 22.6.1889 | 1890 | Coastguard vessel 1906 | |
| Widgeon | 220 | Pembroke DYd | 1888 | 9.8.1889 | 1890 | sold 5.1906 |
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Displacement normal, t |
805 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
50.3 pp |
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Breadth, m |
9.45 |
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Draught, m |
3.35 normal 4.19 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
sails + 1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1200 |
|
Max speed, kts |
13 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 105 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2500(10) |
|
Armament |
Magpie, Redbreast, Redpole, Ringdove: 6 x 1 - 102/27 BL Mk II/III/IV/V/VI, 4 x 1 - 11.9/94 Golgfinch, Thrush, Sparrow, Widgeon: 6 x 1 - 102/27 BL Mk II/III/IV/V/VI, 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 11.9/94 Lapwing: 6 x 1 - 102/28 QFC Mk I/IIIA - I/IV - I/V - I/VI, 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 11.9/94 |
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Complement |
76 |
Project history: Hulls were composite, having iron framing and wooden plating. Barquentine rigged. First three were built under 1887-88 Programme, last six under 1888-89 Programme.
Modernizations: None
Naval service: No significant events.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
Goldfinch
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