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BEACON composite gunvessels (1868-1869)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Beacon     Chatham DYd   17.8.1867 9.1869 sold 12.1888
Avon     Portsmouth DYd   2.10.1867 11.1869 sold 4.1890
Gnat     Pembroke DYd   26.11.1867 1868? wrecked 15.11.1868
Cracker     Portsmouth DYd   27.11.1867 1868? BU 1889
Dwarf     Woolwich DYd   28.11.1867 1868? BU 4.1886
Flirt     Devonport DYd 4.1867 20.12.1867 12.1869 sold 11.1888
Fly     Devonport DYd 4.1867 20.12.1867 8.1869 sold 11.1887
Elk     Portsmouth DYd   10.1.1868 1868? Coastguard 1887
Boxer     Deptford DYd   25.1.1868 1868? sold 6.1887
Thistle     Deptford DYd   25.1.1868 1868? sold 11.1888
Hornet     Pearse, Lockwodd & Co, Stockton-on-Tees   10.3.1868 1868? sold 1889
Rocket     London Eng. Co, Poplar   8.4.1868 1868? sold 12.1888
Lynx   53 Harland & Wolff, Belfast   25.4.1868 1868? sold 12.1888
Teazer   363 Laird Brothers, Birkenhead   28.4.1868 1868? BU 12.1887
Midge   76 Randolph & Elder, Govan   21.5.1868 1868? sold 3.1907
Pert     Reid & Co, Port Glasgow   22.6.1868 1868? sold 12.1888
Hart   98 J & G Thomson, Glasgow   20.8.1868 1868? sold 12.1888
Growler     James Lawrie, Whiteinch, Glasgow   1.12.1868 6.1869 sold 11.1887


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

603
Displacement full, t

 
Length, m

47.2 pp
Breadth, m

7.62
Draught, m

2.90
No of shafts

2
Machinery

Beacon, Gnat, Elk, Boxer, Thistle, Hornet, Rocket, Teazer, Midge, Pert, Hart, Growler: sails+ 2 2-cyl HSE, trunk, boilers

Avon, Cracker, Dwarf, Flirt, Fly, Lynx: sails + 2 2-cyl HSE return connecting rod, boilers
Power, h. p.

Beacon, Hornet: 506

Avon, Gnat, Cracker: 528

Dwarf: 495

Flirt: 532

Fly, Teazer: 489

Elk, Midge: 472

Boxer: 587

Thistle: 641

Rocket: 632

Lynx: 526

Pert: 502

Hart: 474

Growler: 696
Max speed, kts

Beacon, Fly: 9.6

Avon, Teazer, Growler: 10.3

Gnat, Dwarf, Lynx: 9.8

Cracker: 10

Flirt, Elk: 9.7

Boxer, Hornet: 9.9

Thistle: 10

Rocket: 10.4

Midge: 9.1

Pert: 9.2

Hart: 9.3
Fuel, t

coal 90
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III, 1 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 56cwt MLR, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr BL, 2 x 1 - 11.4/94
Complement

80


Project history

Composite gunvessels, 4 guns. Edward Reed design. Built under the 1867-1868 Programme.

Modernizations

1870s, Flirt, Hornet, Rocket, Lynx: - 1 x 1 - 160/16; + 1 x 1 - 178/16 MLR MK III

1870s, Avon, Elk: - 1 x 1 - 178/16; + 1 x 1 - 178/12 MLR?

Naval service

No significant events.