Doterel-class sloop
The Doterel class was a Royal Navy class of screw-driven sloops. They were of composite construction, with wooden hulls over an iron frame. They were a revised version of an 1874 design by the Royal Navy's Chief Constructor, William Henry White, the Osprey-class sloop. Two of the class were lost, one to an explosion off Chile and one wrecked off Canada. Gannet is preserved at Chatham Historic Dockyard.
HMS Doterel | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Doterel-class sloop |
| Operators | Royal Navy |
| Cost | Between £48,700 (Miranda) and £52470 (Gannet) |
| Built | 1878–1880 |
| In commission | 1879–1921 |
| Completed | 9 |
| Lost | 2 |
| Preserved | 1 (Gannet) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw composite sloop |
| Displacement | 1,130 tons |
| Length | 170 ft (52 m) pp |
| Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m) |
| Installed power | 900 to 1,128 indicated horsepower (671 to 841 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque rigged |
| Speed | 11+1⁄2 knots (21.3 km/h) |
| Range | 1,480 nmi (2,740 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) from 150 tons of coal |
| Complement | 140-150 |
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