HMS Racer (1884)
HMS Racer was a Royal Navy Mariner-class composite screw gunvessel of 8 guns.
HMS Racer | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Racer |
| Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
| Cost | Hull: £37,000, Machinery: £12,000 |
| Laid down | 9 April 1883 |
| Launched | 6 August 1884 |
| Commissioned | 9 April 1885 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap on 6 November 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 970 tons |
| Length | 167 ft (51 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Installed power | 850 ihp (630 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
| Speed | 11+1⁄2 knots (21.3 km/h) |
| Range | About 2,100 nmi (3,900 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 126 |
| Armament |
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