HMS Vixen (1865)

HMS Vixen was an armoured composite gunboat, the only ship of her class, and the third ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was the first Royal Navy vessel to have twin propellers.

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

Vixen (left) and the barque Nightwatch (right) at Bermuda Dockyard between 1867 and 1873
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Vixen
Ordered22 March 1864
BuilderCharles Lungley, Deptford
Cost£54,193
Laid down1864
Launched18 November 1865
Commissioned1866
Fate
  • Sold at Bermuda in December 1895
  • Sunk as a blockship c.1896
General characteristics
Displacement1,228 tons
Tons burthen754 bm
Length160 ft (49 m) pp
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draught11 ft (3.4 m) maximum
Installed power740 ihp (550 kW)
Propulsion
  • Two 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engines by Maudslay, Sons & Field
  • Twin screws
Sail planBarquentine rig (removed 1873)
Speed8.9 kn (16.5 km/h)
Range1,080 nmi (2,000 km) at maximum speed
Complement80
Armament
  • 2 × 7-inch (6½-ton) muzzle-loading rifled guns
  • 2 × RBL 20-pounder guns
Armour4.5 in (11 cm) iron belt and bulkheads on 10 in (25 cm) of teak
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