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SPHINX composite paddle vessel (1882)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sphinx     R & H Green, Blackwall   28.11.1882 1882? sold 7.1919

 

Displacement normal, t

1130

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

61.0 pp

Breadth, m

9.83

Draught, m

3.10 hold depth

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cel HC oscillating

Power, h. p.

1138

Max speed, kts

12.4

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 178/16 MLR, 4 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr MLR

Complement

 

Project history: Composite paddle special service vessel.

Modernizations: 1890s: was rearmed with 1 x 1 - 152/40 QF, 6 x 1 - 102/50 QF

Naval service: No significant events.

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