HMS Buzzard (1887)

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Thames
in 1906
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Buzzard
BuilderSheerness Dockyard
Cost
  • Hull: £42,500
  • Machinery: £16,200[2]
Laid down1 May 1886[2]
Launched10 May 1887[1]
Commissioned14 April 1888[2]
FateSold for scrap on 6 September 1921
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeNymphe-class sloop
Tonnage584 tons[1]
Displacement1,140 tons
Length195 ft 0 in (59.4 m) pp
Beam28 ft 0 in (8.5 m)
Draught12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power2,000 ihp (1,500 kW)
Propulsion
  • Horizontal triple-expansion steam engine
  • Twin screw
Sail planBarquentine rigged
Speed14.5 kn (26.9 km/h)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement135
Armament
Buzzard on the Thames in June 1907
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HMS Buzzard was a

Nymphe-class composite screw sloop and the fourth ship of the Royal Navy
to bear the name.

Design

Developed and constructed for the Royal Navy on a design by William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction,[1] she was launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 10 May 1887.

Foreign service

The Nymphe-class

Chatham on 13 May 1902.[6]

Harbour training ship

In 1904 she was converted to a

HMS President (formerly HMS Gannet of 1878) as headquarters ship, being renamed HMS President
on 1 April 1911.

Disposal

As President she served until 23 January 1918, when she was lent to the

Marine Society. She was sold to C A Beard for breaking on 6 September 1921, and was later re-sold to Dutch ship breakers.[2]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c The Times (London), Wednesday, 11 May 1887, p.9
  2. ^ a b c d e f Winfield (2004) p.293
  3. ^ Preston (2007) p.182
  4. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36731. London. 2 April 1902. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36747. London. 21 April 1902. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36767. London. 14 May 1902. p. 12.

References

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