Condor-class sloop

	Shearwater under sail (top); Rinaldo c. 1908 with sailing rig removed (bottom)
Class overview
Name	Condor-class sloops
Builders	Sheerness Dockyard; Laird Brothers, Birkenhead;
Operators	Royal Navy
Built	1898–1900
In commission	1898–1932
Completed	6
Lost	1
Retired	5
General characteristics
Type	Screw steel sloop
Displacement	980 tons
Length	204 ft (62 m) oa; 180 ft (55 m) pp;
Beam	32 ft 6 in (9.91 m)
Draught	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Installed power	1,400 hp (1,044 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Belleville boilers; Three-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engine; Twin screws;
Sail plan	Barque-rigged, changed to barquentine-rigged, later removed
Speed	13 kn (24 km/h) under power
Endurance	3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement	120-130
Armament	6 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) 25-pounder guns; 4 × QF 3-pounder (47-mm) guns;
Armour	Protective deck of 1 in (2.5 cm) to 1+1⁄2 in (3.8 cm) steel over machinery and boilers.

The Condor class was a six-ship class of 10-gun screw steel sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1898 and 1900. Condor foundered in a gale, prompting the Royal Navy to abandon sailing rigs for its ships; all the others in the class survived into the 1920s. The last of the class, Mutine, survived until 1932 as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve drill ship.

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