HMS Wild Swan (1876)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Wild Swan
Namesake	Swan
Builder	Robert Napier and Sons, Govan, Glasgow
Cost	Hull £39,643, machinery £11,853
Laid down	14 September 1874
Launched	28 January 1876
Completed	23 August 1876
Decommissioned	Hulked, 1 May 1904
Renamed	HMS Clyde, 1 May 1904; HMS Columbine, July 1913
Fate	Sold for scrap, 4 May 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Osprey-class screw composite sloop
Displacement	1,130 long tons (1,150 t)
Length	170 ft (51.8 m) (p/p)
Beam	36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Depth	19 ft 6 in (5.9 m)
Installed power	797 ihp (594 kW); (later c. 950 ihp (709kW));
Propulsion	1 × 2-cylinder horizontal returning-rod steam engine; 3 × cylindrical boilers; 1 × screw;
Sail plan	Barque rig
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Range	1,120 nmi (2,070 km; 1,290 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	140
Armament	2 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns; 4 × 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns; 4 × machine guns; 1 × light gun; Later re-armed:; 2 × 6-inch (81cwt) BL guns; 6 × 5-inch (35cwt) BL guns; 4 × machine guns; 1 × light gun;

HMS Wild Swan was an Osprey-class sloop built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1870s. She was launched in 1877 and became a base ship in 1904, being renamed Clyde. She was renamed Columbine in 1913 and was sold for breaking in 1920.

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