Nymphe class sloop

HMS Nymphe, name ship of the Nymphe class
Class overview
Name:	Nymph-class sloops
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Satellite class
Succeeded by:	Beagle class
Built:	1885–1888
In commission:	1885–1921
Completed:	4
Lost:	0
General characteristics
Type:	Screw composite sloop
Displacement:	1140 tons[1]
Length:	195 ft (59 m) pp[2]
Beam:	28 ft (8.5 m)[2]
Draught:	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)[2]
Installed power:	Swallow, Daphne: 1,570 ihp (1,170 kW) Buzzard, Nymphe: 2,000 ihp (1,500 kW)[2]
Propulsion:	Horizontal triple-expansion steam engine Twin screws
Sail plan:	Barquentine rigged
Speed:	Swallow, Daphne: 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h) Buzzard, Nymphe: 14.5 kn (26.9 km/h)
Range:	3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Armament:	8 x BL 5-inch (127.0 mm) guns[2][3] 4 x 1 inch Nordenfeldt machine guns 4 x .45 inch Gardner machine guns

The Nymphe class was a class of four screw composite sloops ^[4] built for the Royal Navy between 1885 and 1888. As built they were armed with four 4-inch guns and four 3-pounder guns.^[1]

Design

Built to a design by William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction,^[5] Nymphe and her sister ships were constructed of an iron frame sheathed with teak and copper (hence 'composite'), and powered by both sails and a steam engine delivering 1,570 to 2,000 indicated horsepower (1,170 to 1,500 kW) through twin screws.

Employment

Although made obsolete by quickly changing naval technology, these sloops were ideal for operations in the far distant outposts of the British Empire in the late 19th century. Swallow served on the South Atlantic Station, Buzzard on the North America and West Indies Station and Nymphe on the Pacific Station. Daphne served on the China Station, and it was in June 1900 that she brought ammunition into Shanghai during the Boxer Rebellion. Nymphe and Buzzard survived until after World War I as harbour training ships.

Ships

Name	Ship Builder	Launched	Fate
Portsmouth Dockyard	1 May 1888	Shore training ship at Sheerness from Aug 1914, later renamed Wildfire[1] and sold in 1920[4]
Buzzard	Sheerness Dockyard	10 May 1887	Renamed President on 1 April 1911 and sold on 6 September 1921[4]
Buzzard at Blackfriars, London in June 1907 as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve training ship References ^ a b c "HMS Nymphe at Naval Database website". http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/N/03290.html. Retrieved 2008-08-31.  ^ a b c d e Winfield (2004) ^ Preston (2007) p.182 ^ a b c d e "Naval Sloops at battleships-cruisers.co.uk". http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_sloops_.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-30.  ^ The Times (London), Wednesday, May 11, 1887, p.9 Winfield, Rif; Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.  External links Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Floral wire service Qatar Telecom German Open Look at other dictionaries: Beagle class sloop — The Beagle class was a two ship class of 8 gun screw steel sloops cite web|url=http://www.battleships cruisers.co.uk/naval sloops .htm|title=Naval Sloops at battleships cruisers.co.uk|accessdate=2008 08 30] built for the Royal Navy in 1889.Design …   Wikipedia Amazon class sloop — The Amazon class was a class of six screw sloops of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy between 1865 and 1866.ConstructionDesignDesigned by Edward Reedwinfield] , the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction, the hull was of wooden… …   Wikipedia List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy — This is a list of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. The term corvette was not introduced into the Royal Navy until the 1830s, and at that time its use replaced both the larger sloops and also what had previously been categorised… …   Wikipedia HMS Nymphe — Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nymphe , HMS Nymph or HMS Nymphen after the Nymphs of Greek Mythology. Another was planned but never completed:*HMS|Nymph was a 14 gun sloop launched in 1778 and burnt by accident in 1783.… …   Wikipedia HMS Espiegle — Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Espiegle *HMS|Espiegle|1793|6 was a 16 gun brig sloop captured from the French in 1793 by HMS|Nymphe|1780|6 and HMS|Circe|1785|6. She was sold in 1802. *HMS|Espiegle|1794|6 was a 14 gun brig… …   Wikipedia HMS President — Five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS President , after the office of president meaning one who presides over an assembly. In the case of the original British ship, the name particularly applied to the Lord… …   Wikipedia List of German Federal Navy ships — The list of German Federal Navy ships includes all ships commissioned into service with the Bundesmarine, the German navy which served West Germany during the Cold War from its foundation in 1956 through the unification of Germany in 1990, when… …   Wikipedia HMS Buzzard (1887) — HMS Buzzard was a Nymphe class composite screw sloop and the fourth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.DesignDeveloped and constructed for the Royal Navy on a design by William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction, she was launched at …   Wikipedia HMS Buzzard — Four Royal Navy ships and two bases have been named HMS Buzzard after the bird of the same name:hips*The first Buzzard was originally a French vessel named Lutine captured in the Leeward Islands in 1806 and renamed HMS Hawke . She was renamed… …   Wikipedia HMS Gannet — Nine ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Gannet , after the seabird the Gannet:hips*HMS|Gannet|1800|6 was a 16 gun brig sloop purchased in 1800 and sold in 1814. *HMS|Gannet|1814|6 was an 18 gun Cruizer… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”