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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

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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.