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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED KINGDOM
MINE WARFARE SHIPS
GORDON mine vessels (1885-1887)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Gordon         1885 1885? unknown
Solent         1885 1885? unknown
Burgogne, 1905- Adder         1886 1886? tender ~1910s
Lord Heathfield, 1905- Firebrand         1886 1886? tender ~1910s
Victor, 1905- Beaver         1886 1886? sold 7.1911
Dundas, 1905- Elfin         1887 1887? tender ~1910s


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

125

Displacement full, t 
Length, m29.0 pp
Breadth, m5.33
Draught, m 
No of shafts 
Machinery 
Power, h. p.

280

Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

mines

Complement 


Project history

Purpose-built coastal minelayers. They were renamed as shown upon tramsfer from the War Dept to the Admitalty in April 1904.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.