HMS Thrush (1889)
HMS Thrush, First Class gunboat by W. Fred Mitchell
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History | |
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Name | Thrush |
Builder | Scotts, Greenock |
Cost | £39,000[1] |
Yard number | 262[1] |
Launched | 22 June 1889 |
Reclassified |
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Fate | Wrecked on 11 April 1917 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Redbreast-class gunboat |
Displacement | 805 tons |
Length | 165 ft 0 in (50.3 m) pp |
Beam | 31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) min, 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) max |
Installed power | 1,200 ihp (890 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Barquentine-rigged |
Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h) |
Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)[1] |
Complement | 76 |
Armament |
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HMS Thrush was a Redbreast-class[1] composite gunboat,[2] the third ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.
Design
The Redbreast class were designed by Sir William Henry White, the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction in 1888.[1]
Construction
Thrush was
Career
Her first station was the
From 1906 Thrush worked for
In January 1917, Thrush was involved in the dramatic rescue of 46 submariners and shipyard officials, from the sunken HMS K13. The unusual 'steam-powered', and newly built submarine suffered an uncontrolled descent to the bottom of the Gareloch, on the Firth of Clyde, during sea trials. Thrush was called in from a nearby mooring. Along with Gossamer and Ranger, they were able to partially raise the stricken vessel with cables, just enough to allow rescue of more than half the people on board.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Winfield (2004), pp.299-300
- ^ a b Canadian Military Heritage site
- ^ a b c Entry in Clydebuilt database
- ^ The Royal Gazette, Hamilton, Bermuda. 3 June 1890
- ^ The Royal Gazette, Hamilton, Bermuda. 22 July 1890
- ^ A king lived in this old Bermuda cottage, Page 11, The Royal Gazette, Hamilton, Bermuda. 1 February 1953
- ^ Patience 1994, p. 7.
- ^ "Anglo-Boer War site". Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
- ^ "No. 27473". The London Gazette. 12 September 1902. p. 5879.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36814. London. 8 July 1902. col e, p. 11.
- ^ "The Unlucky K 13 - Shipping Wonders of the World". www.shippingwondersoftheworld.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
Bibliography
- Patience, Kevin (1994), Zanzibar and the Shortest War in History, Bahrain: Kevin Patience
- 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.