NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Blazer			Portsmouth DYd	1870	7.12.1870	1870	weapon testing tender 1904, gunboat 8.1914, harbour service 1916
Comet			Portsmouth DYd	1870	8.12.1870	1870	sold 5.1908
Bustard		153	Napier, Govan	1870	7.1.1871	1871	disarmed 10.1916
Kite		154	Napier, Govan	1870	8.2.1871	1871	disarmed 11.1915
Scourge			Chatham DYd	1870	25.3.1871	1871	tank vessel 1903
Snake			Chatham DYd	1870	25.3.1871	---	completed as cable lighter
Mastiff, 1914- Snapper		246	Mitchell, Low Walker	1.9.1870	4.4.1871	1871	harbour service 1916
Bloodhound		247	Mitchell, Low Walker	1.9.1870	22.4.1871	1871	tender 1905, gunboat 8.1914, disarmed 11.1915
Arrow			Rennie, Greenwich	1870	22.4.1871	1871	sold 3.1922
Bonetta			Rennie, Greenwich	1870	20.5.1871	1871	sold 1.1909
Badger			Chatham DYd	1871	13.3.1872	1872	sold 10.1908
Fidget			Chatham DYd	1871	13.3.1872	1872	hulk 1905
Bulldog			Johnston, North Woolwich	1871	17.9.1872	1872	sold 7.1906
Pike			Johnston, North Woolwich	1871	16.10.1872	1872	boom defence vessel 1908
Pickle			Johnston, North Woolwich	1871	15.11.1872	1872	dockyard lighter 1906
Snap			Johnston, North Woolwich	1871	11.12.1872	1872	sold 1909
Ant		404	Laird, Birkenhead	1872	14.8.1873	1873	boom defence vessel 1916
Cuckoo		405	Laird, Birkenhead	1872	14.8.1873	1873	base ship Vivid 2.1912
Hyaena		406	Laird, Birkenhead	1872	30.8.1873	1873	sold 4.1906
Weazel		407	Laird, Birkenhead	1872	4.9.1873	1873	oil fuel lighter C118 1904
Pincher		193	Pembroke DYd	1878	5.5.1879	1879	sold 6.1905
Gadfly		194	Pembroke DYd	1878	5.5.1879	1879	coal lighter 5.1900
Griper		196	Pembroke DYd	1878	15.9.1879	1879	lighter YC373 1905
Tickler		197	Pembroke DYd	1878	15.9.1879	1879	lighter 1902

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	241
Displacement full, t	254
Length, m	25.9
Breadth, m	7.96
Draught, m	1.83 - 1.98
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Blazer, Comet, Bustard, Kite, Scourge, Snake, Arrow, Bonetta: 2 2-cyl HSE, 1 cylindrical boiler Mastiff, Bloodhound, Badger, Fidget, Bulldog, Pike, Pickle, Snap, Ant, Cuckoo, Hyaena, Weazel, Gadfly, Pincher, Griper, Tickler: 2 2-cyl HSE trunk, 1 cylindrical boiler
Power, h. p.	260
Max speed, kts	8.5
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 254/15 MLR Mk I/II
Complement	30

Project history First large class of Rendel 'flatiron' gunboats. Modernizations

First large class of Rendel 'flatiron' gunboats. Modernizations: None.

Naval service

Boats survived to the 1914 were re-commissioned in August for service as gunboats on the Belgian coast. All were reverted to harbour service by 1916.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.