NAVYPEDIA

Photo

Bramble  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Rattler		491	Armstrong Mitchell, Elswick	8.1885	4.8.1886	5.1887	harbour service 1910
Wasp		492	Armstrong Mitchell, Elswick	8/1885	13.9.1886	1887	foundered 10.9.1887
Lizard		190	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	1885	27.11.1886	10.1887	sold 1905
Bramble, 6.1896- Cockatrice		191	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	8/1885	11.12.1886	10.1887	sold 4.1906

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	715
Displacement full, t	810
Length, m	50.3 pp
Breadth, m	8.84
Draught, m	3.35
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	Rattler: 1200 Wasp, Lizard, Bramble: 1000
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t	coal 105
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(10)
Armament	6 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk I, 4 x 1 - 11.4/94
Complement	76

Standard scale images

Graphics

Project history

Built under 1885-86 Programme. By late 1887 Lizard, Rattler and Wasp (but not Bramble) were reclassed as gunvessels.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Wasp believed foundered with all hands after leaving Singapore for Shanghai 10.9.1887.

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