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DOTEREL composite screw sloops (9, 1879 - 1881)
Photo
Espiegle 1897
Ships
Name |
No |
Yard No | Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon | Devonport DYd | 26.4.1877 | 30.5.1878 | 19.2.1879 | sold 9.1892 | ||
| Pegasus | Devonport DYd | 9.5.1877 | 13.6.1878 | 5.3.1879 | sold 8.1892 | ||
| Gannet | Sheerness DYd | 1877 | 31.8.1878 | 17.4.1879 | TS 5.1903 | ||
| Phoenix | Devonport DYd | 8.7.1878 | 16.9.1879 | 20.4.1880 | wrecked 12.9.1882 | ||
| Miranda | Devonport DYd | 8.7.1878 | 30.9.1879 | 22.7.1880 | survey vessel 1883 | ||
| Kingfisher | Sheerness DYd | 23.9.1878 | 16.12.1879 | 17.8.1880 | TS 11.1892 | ||
| Doterel | Chatham DYd | 13.5.1878 | 2.3.1880 | 7.12.1880 | explosion 26.4.1881 | ||
| Mutine | Devonport DYd | 7.6.1879 | 20.7.1880 | 10.5.1881 | boom defence vessel 1899 | ||
| Espiegle | Devonport DYd | 23.9.1879 | 3.8.1880 | 11.10.1881 | boom defence vessel 1899 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1130 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 58.8 pp |
| Breadth, m | 11.0 |
| Draught, m | 4.80 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + 1 2-cyl HCE, 3 cylindrical boilers |
| Power, h. p. | Dragon: 1006 Pegasus: 972 Gannet: 1107 Phoenix: 1128 Miranda: 1020 Kingfisher: 1090 Doterel: 900 Mutine: 1120 Espiegle: 1140 |
| Max speed, kts | Dragon, Pegasus, Gannet, Espiegle: 11.5 Miranda, Doterel: 11 Kingfisher, Mutine: 11.6 |
| Fuel, t | coal 150 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1480(10) |
| Armament | 2 x 1 - 178/16 90cwt MLR, 4 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 64cwt MLR |
| Complement | 140 - 150 |
Graphics
Espiegle 1897
Project history
Designed by Nathaniel Barnaby as a follow on from the Fantome class, who endeavoured to achieve handiness with increased speed. The system of mounting the guns was similar to that in the Amazon class. Three boilers worked at 4.2kgf/cm2. All were barque-rigged. The two groups (Osprey and Doterel classes) were distinguished by the shape of the bows: Group 1 had knee-bows, and Group 2 had vertical stems.
Modernizations
mid-1880s, all: + (4 - 6) x 1 - 11.4/78
mid-1880s, Gannet: - 4 x 1 - 160/16; + 2 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II/III/IV
mid-1880s, Espiegle: was rearmed with 10 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II/III/IV, 4 x 1 - 11.4/94
1892, Mutine: was rearmed with 10 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II/III/IV, 10 x 1 - 11.4/94
Naval service
Doterel exploded and sank off Punta Arenas 26.4.1881. Phoenix was wrecked off Prince Edward Island 12.9.1882.
