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DAPPER screw gunboats (1855)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lark | Deptford DYd | 5.10.1854 | 15.3.1855 | 3.4.1855 | sold 7.1878 | ||
| Magpie | Deptford DYd | 5.10.1854 | 15.3.1855 | 3.4.1855 | wrecked 8.4.1864 | ||
| Dapper | R & H Green, Blackwall | 10.1854 | 31.3.1855 | 19.4.1855 | training hulk 1885 | ||
| Fancy | R & H Green, Blackwall | 10.1854 | 31.3.1855 | 16.4.1855 | hulk 1876 | ||
| Grinder | J & R White, West Cowes | 13.10.1854 | 7.3.1855 | 17.5.1855 | BU 7.1864 | ||
| Jasper | J & R White, West Cowes | 13.10.1854 | 2.4.1855 | 7.5.1855 | grounded 23.7.1855 | ||
| Hind | John Jenkins Thompson, Rotherhithe | 18.10.1854 | 3.5.1855 | 4.6.1855 | BU 10.1872 | ||
| Jackdaw | John Jenkins Thompson, Rotherhithe | 18.10.1854 | 18.5.1855 | 7.6.1855 | cooking depot 1868 | ||
| Thistle | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 25.10.1854 | 3.2.1855 | 7.4.1855 | BU 11.1863 | ||
| Starling | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 28.10.1854 | 1.2.1855 | 7.4.1855 | sold 12.1871 | ||
| Snap | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 3.11.1854 | 3.2.1855 | 7.4.1855 | sold 1868 | ||
| Redwing | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 3.11.1854 | 19.3.1855 | 11.4.1855 | tender 1857 | ||
| Weazel | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 3.11.1854 | 19.3.1855 | 14.4.1855 | sold 11.1869 | ||
| Clinker | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 4.12.1854 | 2.4.1855 | 21.4.1855 | sold 6.1871 | ||
| Cracker | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 16.12.1854 | 2.4.1855 | 21.4.1855 | BU 4.1864 | ||
| Boxer | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 5.1.1855 | 7.4.1855 | 27.4.1855 | BU 10.1865 | ||
| Stork | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 19.1.1855 | 7.4.1855 | 20.5.1855 | coal hulk 1874 | ||
| Skylark | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 19.1.1855 | 3.5.1855 | 25.5.1855 | gunnery tender 1884 | ||
| Biter | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 5.2.1855 | 5.5.1855 | 25.5.1855 | coal hulk 4.1865 | ||
| Swinger | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 5.2.1855 | 10.5.1855 | 7.6.1855 | BU 9.1864 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 284 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t |
|
| Length, m | 32.3 pp |
| Breadth, m | 6.71 |
| Draught, m | 2.06 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | Lark, Magpie, Grinder, Jasper, Hind, Jackadaw, Redwing, Cracker, Stork, Swinger: sails + 3 cylindrical boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE Dapper, Fancy, Thistle, Starling, Snap, Weazel, Clinker, Boxer, Skylark, Biter: sails + 2 cylindrical boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk |
| Power, h. p. | 270ihp |
| Max speed, kts | 7.5 |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 148/8 24pdr SBML howitzers |
| Complement | 36 |
Project history
Wooden-hulled 'Crimean' gunboats. W. H. Walker design of 1854.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Magpie wrecked in Galway Bay 8.4.1864. Jasper grounded in action at Taganrog (Sea of Azov) 23.7.1855.
