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ARIEL composite gunboats (8, 1871 - 1873)


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Goshawk

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Coquette   176 Pembroke DYd 1870 5.4.1871 1871 sold 8.1889
Foam   177 Pembroke DYd 1871 29.8.1871 1872 sold 6.1887
Decoy   178 Pembroke DYd 1871 12.10.1871 1872 sold 10.1885
Merlin   179 Pembroke DYd 1871 9.12.1871 11.1873 sold 2.1891
Mosquito   180 Pembroke DYd 1871 9.12.1871 11.1873 sold 12.1888
Goshawk   181 Pembroke DYd 1871 23.1.1872 9.1873 hulk 1902
Swinger   182 Pembroke DYd 1871 7.2.1872 9.1873 hulk 1895
Ariel     Chatham DYd 1872 11.2.1873 7.1873 coastguard 11.1877
Zephyr     Chatham DYd 1872 11.2.1873 6.1873 sold 8.1889


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

430

Ariel, Zephyr: 438

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

38.1 pp

Breadth, m

6.86

Ariel, Zephyr: 7.01

Draught, m

2.59 - 3.20

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl HCE, cylindrical boilers

Swinger: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

406 - 484

Ariel, Zephyr: 534 - 540

Max speed, kts

9.5

Ariel, Zephyr: 10.5

Fuel, t

coal 40

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

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

Complement

40



Graphics


<i>Goshawk</i>
Goshawk


Project history

Three-masted barquentine rig. All 4 guns were mounted on traversing carriages.

Modernizations

1880s, some: - 2 x 1 - 160/16; + 2 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II/III/IV/V

Naval service

No significant events.

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