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"HERON" river gunboats (NIGHTINGALE) (4, 1897 - 1898)


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

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Nightingale NN8 1047 Yarrow, Scotstoun   27.10.1897 1898 sold 11.1919
Robin   1048 Yarrow, Scotstoun   1897 1898 sold 9.1928
Sandpiper   1046 Yarrow, Scotstoun   2.7.1897 1898 sold 10.1920
Snipe NN5 1049 Yarrow, Scotstoun   1897 1898 sold 11.1919


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

85

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

32.8

Breadth, m

6.10

Draught, m

0.61

No of shafts

1

Machinery1 steam engine
Power, h. p.

240

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

coal 11

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I

Complement25


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<i>Robin</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Robin Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Tunnel-screw type for service on shallow waters.

Modernizations

None

Naval service

All served at Yangtze. Paid off in December 1914. Only Robin was re-commissioned post-war.



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