- Mariner class gunvessel
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HMS RacerClass overview Name: Mariner-class gunvessels (later reclassified sloops) Builders: Devonport Dockyard
Malta Dockyard
Milford Haven Shipbuilding CoOperators: 
Royal NavyCost: Hull: £34,834
Machinery: £12,787
(Reindeer)Built: 1883–1888 In commission: 1883–1929 Completed: 6 General characteristics Displacement: 970 tons Length: 167 ft (51 m) Beam: 32 ft (9.8 m) Draught: 14 ft (4.3 m)[1] Installed power: 850 ihp (630 kW) Propulsion: - 2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
- Single screw[1]
Sail plan: Barque-rigged, except Icarus (barquentine-rigged) Speed: 111⁄2 knots (21 km/h) Range: Approximately 2,100 nmi (3,900 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)[1] Complement: 126 Armament: The Mariner class was a class of 8-gun gunvessels (later reclassified as sloops) built for the Royal Navy between 1883 and 1888.[2]
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Construction
Design
Designed by Nathaniel Barnaby,[1] the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction, the hull was of composite construction; that is, iron keel, frames, stem and stern posts with wooden planking. The entire class were re-classified in November 1884 as sloops before they entered service.
Propulsion
Propulsion was provided by a 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine of 850 hp (634 kW) driving a single screw.
Sail plan
All the ships of the class were built as barque-rigged vessels, except Icarus, which had no main yards provided, making her a barquentine.
Armament
The class was designed and built to carry eight 5in 38cwt breech-loading guns, one light gun and eight machine guns.[1] Melita had 40cwt guns instead of 38cwt, and Icarus had two of her guns removed.[1]
Ships
Name Ship Builder Launched Fate Mariner Devonport Dockyard 23 June 1884 Boom defence in 1903. Lent to Liverpool Salvage Association as a salvage vessel in 1917. Laid up from 1922 to 1929. Sold to Hughes Bolckow, Blyth on 19 February 1929 Reindeer Devonport Dockyard 14 November 1883 Boom defence in 1904. Lent to Liverpool Salvage Association as a salvage vessel in 1917, renamed Reindeer I. Sold to Halifax Shipyard Ltd as a salvage ship on 12 July 1924. Abandoned at sea in March 1932 Racer Devonport Dockyard 6 August 1884 Tender to Britannia at Dartmouth in 1896; tender to Osborne College, Cowes in February 1903. Salvage vessel in June 1917. Sold to Hughes Bolckow, Blyth on 6 November 1928 Icarus Devonport Dockyard 27 July 1885 Sold on 12 April 1904 Falmouth Docks Board on 9 July 1920, renamed Ringdove’s Aid. Sold again in 1927 to Liverpool and Glasgow Salvage Association, renamed Restorer, and finally broken up in 1937 See also
Media related to Mariner class gunvessel at Wikimedia CommonsNotes
- ^ Except Melita, which had 40cwt versions
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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.
- ^ "Cruisers at battleships-cruisers website". http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/cruisers.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
Mariner-class gunvessel (later Mariner-class sloop) Categories:- Small combat vessel classes
- Mariner class gunvessels
- Victorian era gunboats of the United Kingdom
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