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Sandfly

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Grasshopper			Sheerness DYd	27.4.1886	30.8.1887	7.1888	sold 7.1905
Sandfly			Devonport DYd	19.4.1886	20.9.1887	7.1888	sold 3.1905
Spider			Devonport DYd	9.6.1886	17.10.1887	12.1888	sold 5.1903

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	526
Displacement full, t
Length, m	61.0 pp
Breadth, m	7.01
Draught, m	3.15
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 3-cyl VTE, locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	natural draught: 1600, forced draught: 2700
Max speed, kts	natural draught: 16.7, forced draught: 19.2
Fuel, t	coal 100
Endurance, nm(kts)	2400(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/27 BL Mk II/III/IV/V/VI, 6 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 - 356 TT (1 bow, 1 stern, aw), 2 x 1 - 356 TT (8 at all)
Complement	66

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Project history

Very similar to Rattlesnake, but lighter, these vessels were engined by Maudslay. Their performance was not as good as their near-sister however.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.