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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Pelter			W & H Pitcher, Northfleet	29.6.1854	28.8.1854	20.10.1854	sold 1.1864
Pincher			W & H Pitcher, Northfleet	29.6.1854	5.9.1854	28.3.1855	BU 2.1864
Badger (ex-Ranger)			W & H Pitcher, Northfleet	6.1854	23.9.1854	26.3.1855	BU 6.1864
Snapper			W & H Pitcher, Northfleet	6.1854	4.10.1854	27.3.1855	coal hulk 1865
Gleaner			Deptford DYd	29.6.1854	7.10.1854	28.3.1855	sold 4.1868
Ruby			Deptford DYd	29.6.1854	7.10.1854	8.3.1855	BU 10.1868

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	290
Displacement full, t
Length, m	30.5 pp
Breadth, m	6.71
Draught, m	2.39 hold depth
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 2 cylindrical boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk
Power, h. p.	Pincher, Badger: 215ihp
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 148/8 24pdr SBML howitzers
Complement	36

Project history

Wooden-hulled 'Crimean' gunboats. W. H. Walker design of 1854. Carried a light schooner rig.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.