Beagle class sloop

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

"Beagle" and "Basilisk" were constructed of copper-sheathed steel to a design by William White, the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction. They powered by a twin-screw three-cylinder horizontal triple expansion steam engine developing 2000 horsepower and carried a barquentine sail rig.cite book |title="The Sail and Steam Navy List, 1815-1889" |last=Winfield |first=Rif |coauthors=Lyon, David |year=2003 |publisher=Chatham Publishing |isbn=978-1861760326] They were essentially the same design as the preceeding "Nymphe" class, but built of steel rather than of composite wood-and-steel.

Operational Use

In common with other designs of Royal Navy sloop of the period, the "Beagle" class were not intended or designed to fight a modern fleet action; they were intended to patrol Britains' extensive maritime empire, and this is how they were employed. "Beagle" conducted three foreign commissions between 1890 and 1900, at least two of which were on the South Atlantic Station.cite web|url=http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/B/00499.html|title=HMS "Beagle" at Naval Database website|accessdate=2008-08-31] She was refitted in 1900, during which her 5-inch breech-loading guns were replaced with quick-firing guns. "Basilisk" also spent all or part of her career on the South Atlantic Station. cite web|url=http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/B/00480.html|title=HMS "Basilisk" at Naval Database website|accessdate=2008-08-31]

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