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Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
PG2	Petrel		Columbia Iron Wks, Baltimore	8.1887	13.10.1888	12.1889	stricken 4.1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	867
Displacement full, t
Length, m	57.3
Breadth, m	9.44
Draught, m	3.50 mean
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HC, 4 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	1000
Max speed, kts	11.4
Fuel, t	coal 200
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	4 x 1 - 152/35 Mk III, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 x 1 - 37/40 Hotchkiss heavy long Mk I, 2 x 5 - 37/20 Hotchkiss
Complement	138

Standard scale images

Project history

Authorized under the Act of 3.3.1885. Originally rigged as a barquentine with no head gear, the mainmast was later removed. Main guns were mounted in sponsons between the forecastle and poop.

Modernizations

1905: - 2 x 5 - 37/20; + 1 x 1 - 37/40 Hotchkiss heavy long Mk I

1911: - 4 x 1 - 152/35; + 4 x 1 - 102/40 Mk III/IV/V/VI

Naval service

No significant events.