NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Plover			Deptford DYd		20.2.1867	1867?	sold 8.1885
Ringdove			Portsmouth DYd		4.9.1867	1867?	sold 5.1882
Philomel			Deptford DYd		29.10.1867	1867?	sold 4.1886
Lapwing			Devonport DYd	21.1.1867	8.11.1867	27.6.1868	sold 4.1885
Magpie			Portsmouth DYd		12.2.1868	1868?	survey vessel 1878
Bullfinch			Sheerness DYd		13.2.1868	1868?	sold 6.1885
Seagull			Devonport DYd	15.4.1867	6.3.1868	19.4.1871	sold 11.1887
Curlew			Deptford DYd		20.8.1868	1868?	sold 11.1882
Swallow			Portsmouth DYd		16.11.1868	1868?	sold 10.1882
Bittern			Pembroke DYd		20.9.1869	1869?	sold 11.1887
Vulture			Sheerness DYd		6.11.1869	1869?	sold 9.1885
Woodlark			Chatham DYd		9.3.1871	1871?	sold 3.1887

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	805
Displacement full, t
Length, m	51.8 pp
Breadth, m	8.84
Draught, m	3.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Plover, Bittern: sails + 4 boilers, 2 2-cel HSE, trunk Ringdove, Philomel, Lapwing, Bullfinch, Seagull, Curlew, Swallow, Vulture, Woodlark: sails + 4 boilers, 2 2-cyl HSE Magpie: sails + 4 boilers, 2 2-cel HSE return connection rod
Power, h. p.	Plover: 977 Ringdove: 957 Philomel: 961 Lapwing: 882 Magpie: 857 Bullfinch: 985 Seagull: 898 Curlew: 918 Swallow: 892 Bittern: 851 Vulture: 889 Woodlark: 881
Max speed, kts	Plover: 11.3 Ringdove: 10.7 Philomel, Swallow: 11 Lapwing, Woodlark: 10.8 Magpie: 10.4 Bullfinch: 10.6 Seagull, Curlew: 11.2 Bittern: 11.1 Vulture: 10.9
Fuel, t	coal 110
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III, 2 x 1 - 126/21 40pdr 35cwt BL
Complement	90

Project history

Wooden-hulled gunvessels, 3 guns. Edward Reed design of 1865. Barque rig, 1300m² sail area, telescopic funnels.

Modernizations

1870s, Philomel, Magpie, Seagull, Swallow, Vulture, Woodlark: were given topgallant forecastle and poop (805t displacement)

1870s, Plover, Philomel, Magpie, Bullfinch, Seagull, Curlew, Swallow, Vulture, Woodlark: - 2 x 1 - 126/21; + 2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 64cwt MLR

Naval service

No significant events.