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ROYAL NAVY (UNITED KINGDOM)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

"HERON" river gunboats

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Nightingale   Yarrow, Scotstoun   1897   sold 11/1919
Robin   Yarrow, Scotstoun   1897   sold 9/1929
Sandpiper   Yarrow, Scotstoun   1897   sold 10/1920
Snipe   Yarrow, Scotstoun   1897   sold 11/1919

 

 

Displacement normal, t

85

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

32.8

Breadth, m

6.10

Draught, m

0.61

No of shafts

1

Machinery

steam engine

Power, h. p.

240

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

coal 11

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss

Complement

25

Ship project history: Tunnel-screw type for service on shallow waters.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: All served at Yangtze. Paid off in December 1914. Only Robin was re-commissioned post-war.

Robin

 

 

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