HMS Kingfisher (1879)

HMS Kingfisher was a Doterel-class screw sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 16 December 1879. She conducted anti-slavery work in the East Indies in the late 1880s before being re-roled as a training cruiser, being renamed HMS Lark on 10 November 1892, and then HMS Cruizer on 18 May 1893. She was sold in 1919.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Kingfisher.

HMS Kingfisher
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Kingfisher
BuilderSheerness Royal Dockyard
CostHull £39,300, machinery £11,850
Laid down23 September 1878
Launched16 December 1879
Commissioned17 August 1880
Fate
  • Training ship 1892
  • Renamed Lark
  • Renamed Cruizer 1893
  • Sold 1919
General characteristics
Class and typeDoterel-class screw composite sloop
Displacement1,130 tons
Length170 ft (52 m)
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draught15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Installed power1,090 indicated horsepower
Propulsion
  • Two-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
  • 3 × cylindrical boilers
  • 1 × 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) screw
Sail planBarque rigged
Speed11.6 kn (21.5 km/h)
Range1,480 nmi (2,740 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement140
Armament
  • 2 × 7-inch (90cwt) muzzle-loading rifled guns
  • 4 × 64-pounder guns
  • 4 × machine guns
  • 1 × light gun
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