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FROLIC composite gunvessels (1873-1874)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Frolic     Chatham DYd 1871 29.2.1872 1873 drill ship 1888
Kestrel     Chatham DYd 1871 29.2.1872 1873 sold 11.1888
Ready     Chatham DYd 1871 24.9.1872 1874 tank vessel 1894
Rifleman     Chatham DYd 1871 20.11.1872 1873 sold 4.1890


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

610

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

47.2 pp

Breadth, m

7.62

Draught, m

2.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

sails+ 2 2-cyl HSE, trunk, boilers

Power, h. p.

Frolic: 896

Kestrel: 835

Ready: 891

Rifleman: 715

Max speed, kts

Frolic, Rifleman: 10.7

Kestrel: 11

Ready: 11.1

Fuel, t

coal 80

Endurance, nm(kts)880(10)
Armament

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

Complement

80



Project history

Composite gunvessels, 4 guns. Edward Reed design of 1871. Modified from Beacon class. Poops were later added to all four.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.