BRAMBLE steel gunboats

Thistle 1900

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Bramble		Potter, Liverpool		26/11/1898	1899	BU 1/1920
Britomart		Potter, Liverpool		28/3/1899	1899	passenger vessel 6/1920
Dwarf		London & Glasgow Co, Glasgow		15/11/1898	1899	BU 7/1926
Thistle		London & Glasgow Co, Glasgow		22/6/1899	1900	BU 7/1926

Displacement normal, t
710

Displacement full, t

Length, m

54.9

Breadth, m

10.1

Draught, m

2.44

No of shafts

2

Machinery

VTE, Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

1300

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

coal 145

Armament

2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk I, 4 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I

Complement

85

Ship project history: first British gunboats with steel hull.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: No significant events.

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BRAMBLE steel gunboats

Displacement normal, t	710
Displacement full, t
Length, m	54.9
Breadth, m	10.1
Draught, m	2.44
No of shafts	2
Machinery	VTE, Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	1300
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t	coal 145
Armament	2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk I, 4 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I
Complement	85