Algerine-class gunvessel
Rambler with an unidentified gunboat berthed to the right | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Algerine class |
| Builders |
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| Operators | Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | Linnet class |
| Succeeded by | Dolphin class |
| Built | 1880 |
| In commission | c.1880-1907 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Scrapped | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Composite gunvessel |
| Displacement | 835 t |
| Length | 157 ft (48 m) pp |
| Beam | 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft 7 in (4.14 m) |
| Installed power | 690 to 750 ihp (510 to 560 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque or full-rigged ship |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h) |
| Endurance | 110t of coal |
| Complement | 100 |
| Armament |
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The Algerine-class gunvessel was a class of three Royal Navy composite gunvessels built in 1880. Two of them were sold after only ten years of service, but the other was converted to a survey ship before commissioning and survived in this role until 1907.