NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Cygnet		60	Doxford, Sunderland	1873	30.5.1874	1874	BU 1889
Express		61	Doxford, Sunderland	1873	16.7.1874	1874	sold 8.1889
Contest		62	Doxford, Sunderland	1873	29.8.1874	1874	BU 1889
Sheldrake, 3.1888- Drake		339	Napier, Govan	1874	3.7.1875	1875	drill ship 3.1888, coastguard 1893
Mallard		204	Earle, Hull	1874	4.8.1875	1875	sold 8.1889
Moorhen		340	Napier, Govan	1874	13.9.1875	1875	sold 11.1888
Foxhound			Barrow Iron SB	2/1876	29.1.1877	11/1877	coastguard 1886
Forward			Barrow Iron SB	1876	29.1.1877	1877	coal hulk 1892
Firm		209	Earle, Hull	1876	14.2.1877	1877	sold 5.1907
Forester		210	Earle, Hull	1876	26.2.1877	1877	coal hulk 1894
Firebrand		152	J & G Thomson, Govan	1876	30.4.1877	1877	sold 1905
Firefly		153	J & G Thomson, Govan	1876	28.6.1877	1877	boom defence vessel 1904

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Cygnet, Express, Contest, Sheldrake, Mallard, Moorhen: 440 Foxhound, Forward, Firm, Forester, Firebrand, Firefly: 455
Displacement full, t
Length, m	38.1 pp
Breadth, m	7.16
Draught, m	2.59 - 3.20
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 2-cyl HC, cylindrical boilers Moorhen, Sheldrake: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE direct acton, cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	Cygnet, Express, Contest, Sheldrake, Mallard, Moorhen: 450 Foxhound, Forward, Firm, Forester, Firebrand, Firefly: 500
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	coal 40
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 56cwt MLR, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr 16cwt BL
Complement	60

Project history

Three-masted barquentine rig. All 4 guns were mounted on traversing carriages.

Modernizations

1880s, some: - 2 x 1 - 160/16; + 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.