NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ranger			Deptford DYd	16.11.1857	26.11.1859	10.5.1860	sold 11.869
Espoir			Pembroke DYd	25.4.1859	7.1.1860	27.9.1860	dredger 1869
Landrail			Deptford DYd	3.8.1859	27.3.1860	27.9.1860	sold 9.1869
Nimble			Pembroke DYd	30.10.1859	15.9.1860	8.4.1861	harbour service 1879
Speedwell			Deptford DYd	2.4.1860	12.2.1861	19.10.1861	BU 7.1876
Pandora			Pembroke DYd	30.3.1860	7.2.1861	9.1861	sold 1.1875
Lee			Money Wigram & Son, Blackwall	20.6.1859	25.1.1860	24.4.1862	BU 3.1875
Dart, 4.1882- Kangaroo			C J Mare & Co, Millwall	27.6.1859	10.3.1860	8.3.1862	BU 12.1884
Snipe			J Scott Russell, Millwall	27.6.1859	5.5.1860	6.8.1863	BU 5.1868
Sparrow			J Scott Russell, Millwall	27.6.1859	7.7.1860	16.3.1863	BU 1868
Torch			R & H Green, Blackwall	29.6.1859	24.12.1859	14.7.1860	BU 9.1881
Plover			R & H Green, Blackwall	29.6.1859	19.1.1860	5.9.1861	sold 9.1865
Penguin			Wm Cowley Miller, Toxteth Dock, Liverpool	29.6.1859	8.2.1860	13.3.1861	sold 2.1870
Steady			Wm Cowley Miller, Toxteth Dock, Liverpool	29.6.1859	8.2.1860	12.6.1861	sold 5.1870
Cygnet			Money Wigram & Co, Northam	28.7.1859	6.6.1860	13.6.1861	BU 8.1868
Griffon			William Pitcher, Northfleet	28.6.1859	25.2.1860	28.7.1861	collision 2.10.1866
Mullet			Charles Lungley, Rotherhithe	29.6.1859	3.2.1860	30.4.1862	sold 4.1872
Philomel			J & R White, Cowes	9.7.1859	10.3.1860	11.2.1861	sold 6.1865
Newport			Pembroke DYd	17.9.1860	20.7.1867	4.1868 // ---	completed as survey ship
Alban			Deptford DYd	1.10.1860	---	---	cancelled 12.1863
Jaseur			Deptford DYd	7.1.1861	15.5.1862	6.4.1863	sold 12.1874
Humber			Pembroke DYd	8.2.1861	---	---	cancelled 12.1863
Undine			Deptford DYd	31.12.1861	---	---	cancelled 12.1863

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	570
Displacement full, t
Length, m	44.2 pp
Breadth, m	7.72
Draught, m	3.96 hold depth
No of shafts	1
Machinery	Ranger: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk others: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE
Power, h. p.	Ranger: 284ihp Espoir: 286ihp Landrail: 253ihp Nimble: 334ihp Speedwell: 322ihp Pandora: 346ihp Lee: 352ihp Dart: 281ihp Snipe: 363ihp Sparrow: 392ihp Torch: 281ihp Plover: 341ihp Penguin: 365ihp Steady: 360ihp Cygnet: 354ihp Griffon: 326ihp Mullet: 355ihp Philomel: 327ihp Newport: 325ihp
Max speed, kts	Ranger: 9 Espoir, Lee: 9.7 Landrail: 8.4 Nimble: 9.9 Speedwell: 8.9 Pandora: 9.4 Dart: 8.7 Snipe: 10.3 Sparrow, Philomel: 10.9 Torch: 8.8 Plover: 10.5 Penguin, Steady: 11.1 Cygnet: 11.2 Griffon, Mullet: 10.1 Newport: 9.3
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 147/8 SBML howitzers, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr BL
Complement	60

Project history

Wooden-hulled 2nd class gunvessels, 5 guns. Enlarged Algerine class. Rye, Portia and Discovery were cancelled in 1863 before they were laid down.

Modernizations

1860s, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 206/15; + 1 x 1 - 183/14 7'' 110pdr BL

Naval service

Griffon collided with gunvessel Pandora off Little Popo in West Africa 2.10.1866 and stranded.