HMS Espiegle (1880)
.jpg) Espiegle moored to a buoy
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Espiegle |
| Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
| Cost | Hull £37,500, machinery £11,770[1] |
| Laid down | 23 September 1879 |
| Launched | 3 August 1880 |
| Commissioned | 11 October 1881 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Doterel-class 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 | 1,140 ihp (850 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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HMS Espiegle was a
Design
The Doterel class was designed by Nathaniel Barnaby as a development of William Henry White's 1874 Osprey-class sloop. The graceful clipper bow of the Ospreys was replaced by a vertical stem and the engines were more powerful. The hull was of composite construction, with wooden planks over an iron frame.[1]
Propulsion
Power was provided by three cylindrical boilers, which supplied steam at 60 pounds per square inch (410 kPa) to a two-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine driving a single 13-foot-1-inch (3.99 m) screw. This arrangement produced 1,020 indicated horsepower (760 kW) and a top speed of 11 knots (20 km/h).[1]
Armament
Ships of the class were armed with two
Sail plan
All the ships of the class were provided with a barque rig,[1] that is, square-rigged foremast and mainmast, and fore-and-aft sails only on the mizzen mast.
Crew
Espiegle would have had a normal complement of 140–150 men.[1]
Construction
Espiegle was ordered from Devonport Dockyard and laid down on 23 September 1879. She was launched on 3 August 1880 and was commissioned on 11 October 1881[1] at Devonport.[3]
Service
She commenced service on the
Fate
She was sold to W. Thorpe for breaking on 25 August 1921.[1]
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. OCLC 52620555.