NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Flamingo			Devonport DYd	15.12.1875	13.12.1876	6.1877	hulk 1891
Griffon			Laird Brothers, Birkenhead		16.12.1876	9.1877	sold 9.1891
Condor			Devonport DYd	15.12.1875	28.12.1876	7.1877	sold 8.1889
Falcon			Laird Brothers, Birkenhead		4.1.1877	1.1878	hulk 1891

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	780
Displacement full, t
Length, m	47.9 pp
Breadth, m	8.99
Draught, m	3.66
No of shafts	Flamingo, Condor: 1 Griffon, Falcon: 1 with feathering blades
Machinery	sails+ 1 2-cyl HC, 3 boilers
Power, h. p.	Flamingo: 750 Griffon: 795 Condor: 772 Falcon: 721
Max speed, kts	Flamingo, Griffon: 11.6 Condor: 11.5 Falcon: 11.4
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Flamingo: 1 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III, 1 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr MLR, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr BL, Griffon, Condor, Falcon: 1 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III, 2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr MLR
Complement	100

Project history

Composite gunvessels, 3 guns Nathaniel Barnaby design of 1875. Barque-rigged, more suitable for deep-sea operations than previous gunvessels.

Modernizations

1884, Flamngo, Griffon: - 1 x 1 - 178/16; + 2 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II/III/IV/V

Naval service

No significant events.