NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Phoenix (ex-Linnet)			Devonport DYd	26.7.1894	25.4.1895	5.1896	capsized 18.9.1906
Algerine			Devonport DYd	25.7.1894	6.6.1895	4.1896	sold as salvage vessel 4.1919

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1050
Displacement full, t
Length, m	56.4 pp 62.4 oa
Breadth, m	9.90
Draught, m	4.21
No of shafts	2
Machinery	sails + 2 3-cyl VTE, boilers
Power, h. p.	1400
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	steel; deck: 38 - 25, gunshields: 6
Armament	6 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk III, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 3 х 1 - 11.4/94
Complement	106

Standard scale images

Project history

These vessels had the same hull construction as the Alert class. Gun mountings were positioned two forward, two amidships and two aft. The schooner rig was removed later, both ships retaining their three masts. The MGs were 11.43mm Maxims.

Ship protection

Ships had a protective deck of 25mm to 38mm steel extending over the machinery and boilers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Phoenix capsized off Hong Kong on 18.9.1906 during typhoon, later she was raised and sold in January 1907. Algerine from 1915 was reduced to harbour service, she was sold for conversion to salvage vessel in April 1919 and wrecked in January 1924.