HMS Osprey (1876)

HMS Osprey was an Osprey-class sloop built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1870s.

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

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Osprey
NamesakeOsprey
BuilderSheerness Royal Dockyard
CostHull £39,664, machinery £11,674
Laid down1875
Launched5 August 1876
Completed19 April 1877
Decommissioned1889
FateSold for scrap, 29 April 1890
General characteristics
Class and typeOsprey-class screw composite sloop
Displacement1,130 long tons (1,150 t)
Length170 ft (51.8 m) (p/p)
Beam36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Depth19 ft 6 in (5.9 m)
Installed power946 ihp (705 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 shaft
  • 1 × 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine
  • 3 × cylindrical boilers
Sail planBarque rig
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range1,480 nmi (2,740 km; 1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement140
Armament
  • 2 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns
  • 4 × 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns
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