Philomel-class gunvessel

	Jeanette (the former HMS Pandora) at Le Havre in 1878
Class overview
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Intrepid-class gunvessel
Succeeded by	Cormorant-class gunvessel
Built	1859 - 1867
In commission	1860 - 1906
Completed	20
Cancelled	6
General characteristics
Type	Wooden screw gunvessel
Displacement	570 tons
Length	145 ft (44.2 m) oa; 127 ft 10.25 in (39.0 m) pp;
Beam	25 ft 4 in (7.7 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft (3.96 m)
Installed power	About 325 ihp (242 kW)
Propulsion	Single 2-cyl. horizontal single-expansion steam engine; Single screw;
Sail plan	As designed:; Schooner (or "gunboat") rig; Later:; Often a barquentine or barque rig;
Speed	About 9.5 knots (18 km/h)
Complement	60
Armament	One 68-pdr muzzle-loading smooth-bore gun; Two 24-pdr howitzers ; Two 20-pdr breech-loading guns;

The Philomel-class gunvessel was a class of wooden-hulled screw-driven second-class gunvessels built for the Royal Navy between 1859 and 1867, of which 26 were ordered but only 20 completed. They had a mixed history, with some serving for as little as 5 years, and others surviving into the 1880s. Two of the class were sold and used as Arctic exploration vessels, both eventually being lost in the ice.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.