more than 1000 t of displacement:
No | Name | Launched // Comm. | Builder | Displacement, t | Dimensions, m | Speed, kts | Machinery, power, hp | Armament | Fate |
PY1 | Mayflower | 1896 // 3.1898 | J & G Thompson, Clydebank, UK | 2690 | 83.2x11.0x5.3 | 16.8 | 2VTE, 4700 | 2-127/40, 12-57/40 | sold 1931 |
100 - 1000 t of displacement:
Dorothea (1897, 594, 6.1898 - 1919); Eagle (1890, 850, 4.1898 - 1920); Gloucester (1891, 786, 4.1898 - 1919); PY2 Hawk (1891, 545, 4.1898 - 1940); Hornet (1890, 425, 4.1898 - 1910); PY3 Scorpion (1896, 850, 4.1898 - 1929); PY4 Vixen (1896, 806, 4.1898 - 1923); Wasp (1898, 630, 4.1898 - 1920) |
Project history: Private yachts, purchased by Navy in days of Spanish-American war.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014