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CONDOR composite gunvessels (1877-1878)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Flamingo     Devonport DYd 15.12.1875 13.12.1876 6.1877 hulk 1891
Griffon     Laird Brothers, Birkenhead   16.12.1876 9.1877 sold 9.1891
Condor     Devonport DYd 15.12.1875 28.12.1876 7.1877 sold 8.1889
Falcon     Laird Brothers, Birkenhead   4.1.1877 1.1878 hulk 1891


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

780

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

47.9 pp

Breadth, m

8.99

Draught, m

3.66

No of shafts

Flamingo, Condor: 1

Griffon, Falcon: 1 with feathering blades

Machinery

sails+ 1 2-cyl HC, 3 boilers

Power, h. p.

Flamingo: 750

Griffon: 795

Condor: 772

Falcon: 721

Max speed, kts

Flamingo, Griffon: 11.6

Condor: 11.5

Falcon: 11.4

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

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

Griffon, Condor, Falcon: 1 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III, 2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr MLR

Complement

100



Project history

Composite gunvessels, 3 guns Nathaniel Barnaby design of 1875. Barque-rigged, more suitable for deep-sea operations than previous gunvessels.

Modernizations

1884, Flamngo, Griffon: - 1 x 1 - 178/16; + 2 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II/III/IV/V

Naval service

No significant events.