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Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarded
TB39, 40	Yarrow, Poplar: TB39, 40	1885 / 1888: TB39, 40	none	none	1905: TB39, 40

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	40
Displacement full, t
Length, m	30.5 pp
Breadth, m	3.81
Draught, m	1.22
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 2-cyl VC, 1 locomotive boiler
Power, h. p.	500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 2 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I, 1 x 1 - 356 TT
Complement	15

Project history

Built for Chile, they had reached that country in a disassembled slate when the Russian war scare of 1885 caused them to be hastily purchased to reinforce the Pacific Squadron based at Esquimault in British Columbia. They were assembled in Chile and escorted up to Canada. Here they remained as tenders to the flagship Swiftsure, and inevitably were unofficially christened Swift and Sure.

Modernizations

early 1900s, both: - 2 x 2 - 25/40, 1 x 1 - 356TT; + 2 x 5 - 11.4/70, 2 - 356 TC

Naval service

No significant events.