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Cockchafer  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Redwing (ex-Espoir)		200	Pembroke DYd	1879	25.5.1880	1880	sold 4.1905
Grappler			Barrow Iron SB	1879	5.10.1880	1881	boom defence vessel 1904
Wrangler			Barroe Iron SB	1879	5.10.1880	10.1881	coastguard 1891
Wasp			Barrow Iron SB	1879	5.10.1880	12.1881	wrecked 22.9.1884
Banterer			Barrow Iron SB	1879	2.11.1880	10.1882	sold 5.1907
Espoir			Barrow Iron SB	1879	2.11.1880	1.1883	yard craft 1903
Bullfrog		201	Pembroke DYd	1879	3.2.1881	1885	hulk 1905
Cockchafer		202	Pembroke DYd	1879	19.2.1881	1.1883	sold 12.1905
Starling			Samuda, Poplar	1881	19.4.1882	8.1882	coastguard 1893
Stork			Samuda, Poplar	1881	18.5.1882	1.1883	survey ship 1887
Raven			Samuda, Poplar	1881	18.5.1882	4.1883	diving tender 1904

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	465
Displacement full, t
Length, m	38.1 pp
Breadth, m	7.16
Draught, m	3.05
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 2-cyl HC, cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	440
Max speed, kts	9.5
Fuel, t	coal 40
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 56cwt MLR, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr 16cwt BL, 2 x 1 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I
Complement	60

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Project history

Three-masted barquentine rig. All 4 guns were mounted on traversing carriages. Banterer class ships distinguished from the preceding class by having vertical stems.

Modernizations

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

Naval service

Wasp was wrecked off Tory Island, Ireland 22.9.1884.

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