HMS Speedwell (1889)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Speedwell
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	18 April 1888
Launched	15 March 1889
Completed	1 July 1890
Fate	Sold 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat
Displacement	735 long tons (747 t)
Length	230 ft 0 in (70.10 m) pp
Beam	27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Installed power	3,600 ihp (2,700 kW)
Propulsion	2× triple expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	19 kn (22 mph; 35 km/h)
Complement	91
Armament	2 × 4.7 in (120 mm) QF guns; 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm ) guns; 5 × 14 inch torpedo tubes;

HMS Speedwell was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the British Royal Navy. She was built at Devonport Dockyard from 188–1890. She was converted to a minesweeper in 1909 and continued these duties during the First World War. Speedwell was sold for scrap in 1920.

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