HMS Nymphe (1888)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Nymphe
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard.
Cost	£42,400 (hull) & £15,200 (machinery)
Laid down	5 July 1887
Launched	1 May 1888
Commissioned	3 July 1889
Fate	Sold, February 1920
General characteristics
Displacement	1,140 long tons (1,160 t)
Length	195 ft (59.4 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Propulsion	Horizontal triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts; 2,000 ihp (1,500 kW);
Sail plan	Schooner-rigged
Speed	14.5 kn (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Endurance	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	138
Armament	8 × BL 5-inch (127.0 mm) guns; 4 × 1 inch Nordenfeldt machine guns; 4 × .45 inch Gardner machine guns;

HMS Nymphe was a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop and the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was renamed HMS Wildfire in 1906, HMS Gannet in 1916, and finally HMS Pembroke in 1917, before she was sold in 1920.

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