HMS Thistle (1899)

	Thistle on the Yangtze in 1910
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Thistle
Namesake	The Thistle
Builder	London & Glasgow
Laid down	2 December 1897
Launched	22 July 1899
Fate	Scrapped, 1926
General characteristics
Class & type	Bramble-class gunboat (1898)
Displacement	710 long tons (721 t)
Length	180 ft (54.9 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power	1,300 ihp (970 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, triple-expansion steam engines; Coal-fired boilers; Auxiliary sailing rig;
Speed	13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Range	2000 nm at 11.5 kn (trials, 1899); 1000 nm at 5.5 kn (effective, 1915);
Complement	85
Armament	As Built, 1899; 2 × 4 in (102 mm) QF; 4 × 12 pdr / 3 in (76 mm) QF; 4 × 0.45 in (11 mm) inch Maxim gun; As Refitted, 1922; 2 × 4 in (102 mm) QF; 2 × Vickers 3-pounder / 1.85 in (47 mm) anti-aircraft gun; 2 × 2-pounder / 1.6 in (41 mm) pom-pom; 4 × Hotchkiss 3-pounder / 1.85 in (47 mm) saluting gun;

HMS Thistle was a Bramble-class gunboat of the Royal Navy, launched in 1899 and broken up in 1926. She was the last classic Victorian gunboat, and the last British warship to retain a practical sailing rig.

History
Thistle on the Yangtze in 1910
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Thistle
Namesake	The Thistle
Builder	London & Glasgow
Laid down	2 December 1897
Launched	22 July 1899
Fate	Scrapped, 1926
General characteristics
Class & type	Bramble-class gunboat (1898)
Displacement	710 long tons (721 t)
Length	180 ft (54.9 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power	1,300 ihp (970 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired boilers Auxiliary sailing rig
Speed	13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Range	2000 nm at 11.5 kn (trials, 1899) 1000 nm at 5.5 kn (effective, 1915)
Complement	85
Armament	As Built, 1899 2 × 4 in (102 mm) QF 4 × 12 pdr / 3 in (76 mm) QF 4 × 0.45 in (11 mm) inch Maxim gun As Refitted, 1922 2 × 4 in (102 mm) QF 2 × Vickers 3-pounder / 1.85 in (47 mm) anti-aircraft gun 2 × 2-pounder / 1.6 in (41 mm) pom-pom 4 × Hotchkiss 3-pounder / 1.85 in (47 mm) saluting gun