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Redbreast class gunboat

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Built
  
1889

In commission
  
1889–1921

Redbreast-class gunboat

Name
  
Redbreast-class gunboats

Builders
  
Pembroke DockyardSheerness DockyardDevonport DockyardScotts of Greenock

Operators
  
Royal Navy New Zealand Government British Merchant Navy

Cost
  
Between £38,000 (Widgeon)and £39,300 (Ringdove)

The Redbreast class comprised nine first-class screw-driven composite gunboats built for the Royal Navy in 1889, mounting 6 guns.

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Design

The Redbreast class were designed by Sir William Henry White, the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction in 1888. The hull was of composite construction, that is, iron keel, frames, stem and stern posts with wooden planking. These were the last class of composite-hulled gunboats built for the Royal Navy - the next class of gunboat, the Bramble-class gunboat of 1898, was of steel construction.

Propulsion

The class was fitted with a triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine developing 1,200 indicated horsepower, sufficient to propel them at 13 kn (24 km/h) through a single screw.

Sail plan

The class was given a barquentine rig.

Armament

The first four ships were armed with six 4-inch/25-pounder (25cwt) quick firing guns and four machine guns. The last five had an additional pair of 3-pounder quick firing guns in place of two of the machine guns.

References

Redbreast-class gunboat Wikipedia


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