HMS Swallow (1885)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Swallow
Builder	Sheerness Dockyard
Cost	£44,797 (hull), £15,000 (machinery)
Laid down	1 November 1885
Launched	27 October 1885
Commissioned	7 October 1886
Fate	Sold 1904
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; 1,570 ihp (1,170 kW);
Sail plan	Schooner-rigged
Speed	13.5 kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 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 Swallow was a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop and the twenty-seventh ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. Developed and constructed for the Royal Navy on a design by William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction, she was launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 27 October 1885.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.