HMS Mariner (1884)

HMS Mariner was the name-ship of the Royal Navy Mariner-class composite screw gunvessel of 8 guns.

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

HMS Mariner by an unknown artist
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Mariner
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
CostHull: £37,156, Machinery £12,841
Laid down8 January 1883
Launched23 June 1884
Commissioned19 March 1885
Fate
  • Lent to the Liverpool Salvage Association in 1917
  • Laid up 1922 to 1929
  • Sold on 19 February 1929
General characteristics
Displacement970 tons
Length167 ft (51 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draught14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power850 ihp (630 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed11+1⁄2 knots (21.3 km/h)
RangeApproximately 2,100 nmi (3,900 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement126
Armament
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