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VIGILANT screw gunvessels (1856-1860)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coquette | R & H Green, Blackwall | 18.5.1855 | 25.10.1855 | 8.3.1856 | BU 1868 | ||
| Wanderer | R & H Green, Blackwall | 18.5.1855 | 22.11.1855 | 19.3.1856 | BU 8.1866 | ||
| Alacrity | C J Mare & Co, Blackwall | 21.5.1855 | 20.3.1856 | 20.4.1856 | sold 10.1864 | ||
| Vigilant | C J Mare & Co, Blackwall | 21.5.1855 | 20.3.1856 | 20.8.1856 | sold 2.1869 | ||
| Lapwing | J & R White, West Cowes | 30.7.1855 | 26.1.1856 | 31.5.1856 | sold 1864 | ||
| Ringdove | J & R White, West Cowes | 30.7.1855 | 22.2.1856 | 31.5.1856 | sold 6.1865 | ||
| Surprise | Money Wigram & Son, Blackwall | 30.7.1855 | 6.3.1856 | 12.4.1856 | BU 11.1866 | ||
| Renard | C J Mare & Co, Blackwall | 1.8.1855 | 24.4.1856 | 12.10.1859 | BU 3.1866 | ||
| Foxhound | C J Mare & Co, Blackwall | 1.8.1855 | 16.8.1856 | 6.10.1860 | BU 8.1866 | ||
| Mohawk | Young, Magnay & Co, Limehouse | 6.8.1855 | 11.1.1856 | 23.3.1856 | to Chinese Custom 9.1862 (Peking) | ||
| Sparrowhawk | Young, Magnay & Co, Limehouse | 6.8.1855 | 9.2.1856 | 7.4.1856 | sold 1872 | ||
| Osprey | Fletcher & Fearnall, Limehouse | 2.8.1855 | 22.3.1856 | 30.7.1856 | wrecked 30.5.1867 | ||
| Cormorant | Fletcher & Fearnall, Limehouse | 9.8.1855 | 19.5.1856 | 20.6.1856 | sunk 28.6.1859 | ||
| Assurance | R & H Green, Blackwall | 26.8.1855 | 13.3.1856 | 16.4.1856 | sold 3.1870 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 860 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t |
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| Length, m | 54.9 pp |
| Breadth, m | 8.64 |
| Draught, m | 4.27 hold depth |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
| Power, h. p. | Coquette: 690ihp Wanderer: 707ihp Alacrity: 724ihp Vigilant: 630ihp Lapwing: 689ihp Ringdove: 677ihp Surprise: 778ihp Foxhound: 600ihp Mohawk: 642ihp Sparrowhawk: 726ihp Osprey: 593ihp Cormorant: 727ihp Assurance: 745ihp |
| Max speed, kts | Coquette, Alacrity: 10.9 Wanderer, Mohawk: 10.7 Vigilant: 9.8 Lapwing: 11 Ringdove: 10.8 Surprise, Sparrowhawk, Assurance: 11.1 Foxhound: 11.6 Osprey: 10.2 Cormorant: 11.2 |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 183/14 7'' 110pdr BL, 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr 16cwt BL |
| Complement | 80 |
Project history
Wooden-hulled 2nd class despatch/gunvessels, design was approved in 1855. Enlarged Arrow class. Four more units were ordered but never built. Most were rerated as sloops in 1859-1860 but all were reverted to gunvessels in 1862.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Osprey wrecked in the SE African coast near Klippen Point 30.5.1867. Cormorant was sunk in action with the Taku forts in Peiho River (China) 28.6.1859.
