NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Rambler		127	Elder, Fairfield	1879	26.1.1880	1884 // ---	completed 1884 as survey vessel
Ranger		128	Elder, Fairfield	1879	12.2.1880	1880	sold 9.1892
Algerine		131	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	1879	6.11.1880	1881	sold 5.1892

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	835
Displacement full, t
Length, m	47.9 pp
Breadth, m	8.99
Draught, m	4.11
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 2-cyl HC, cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	810
Max speed, kts	10.5
Fuel, t	coal 110
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 178/14 41/2-ton MLR, 2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 71cwt MLR, 2 x 1 - 25/60
Complement	100

Standard scale images

Project history

Composite gunvessels, Barnaby design.

Modernizations

1890s, both: - 1 x 1 - 178/14; + 2 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II/III/IV/V

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.