Shearwater 1905
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Cadmus | Sheerness DYd | 3/1902 | 29/4/1903 | 4/1904 | sold for BU 9/1921 | |
| Clio | Sheerness DYd | 3/1902 | 14/3/1903 | 1/1904 | sold for BU 11/1920 | |
| Espiegle | Sheerness DYd | 8/12/1900 | 1902 | sold for BU 9/1923 | ||
| Fantome | Sheerness DYd | 23/3/1901 | 1902 | survey vessel 1906 | ||
| Merlin | Sheerness DYd | 2/1901 | 30/11/1901 | 5/1903 | survey vessel 9/1906 | |
| Odin | Sheerness DYd | 2/1901 | 30/11/1901 | 1/1903 | sold for BU 11/1920 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1070 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
56.4 |
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Breadth, m |
10.1 |
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Draught, m |
3.42 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE |
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Power, h. p. |
1400 |
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Max speed, kn |
13.3 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
| Armament |
6 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk III, 4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 3 x 1 - 11.4/94 |
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Complement |
150 |
Ship project history: Last British sloops with sails. Schooner-rigged with square sails on fore mast. Steel hull was sheathed in timber to 1m above wl. Espiegle never received sails.
Modernizations: prior to 1914, all: all sails removed.
Naval service: no significant events.
Clio 1904
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