HMS Miranda (1879)

HMS Miranda was a Doterel-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Devonport Dockyard and launched on 30 September 1879.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Miranda.
HMS Miranda c. 1884.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Miranda
BuilderDevonport Royal Dockyard
CostHull £37,000, machinery £11,700
Laid down8 July 1878
Launched30 September 1879
Commissioned22 July 1880
Fate
  • Surveying vessel, 1880
  • Sold on 24 September 1892 to Reed, Portsmouth for breaking
General characteristics
Class and typeDoterel-class sloop
Displacement1,130 tons
Length170 ft (52 m) pp
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draught15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Installed power1,020 ihp (760 kW)
Propulsion
  • 3 × cylindrical boilers
  • 2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarque rigged
Speed11 knots (20 km/h)
Range1,480 nmi (2,740 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) from 150 tons of coal
Complement140–150
Armament
  • 2 × 7-inch (90cwt) muzzle-loading rifles
  • 4 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifles
  • 4 × machine guns
  • 1 × light gun

This class of ship was part of the transition of royal navy ships from sail to steam propulsion. A single screw was mounted in a frame that was raised when the ship was under full sail, which reduced the drag effect of the screw. It's coal burning boilers were vented through a telescopic funnel, which was lowered when the ship was under sail, so as not to interfere with the sails; hence the royal navy order ‘up funnel, down screw’.

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