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Beagle-class sloop

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Class overview
NameBeagle class sloops
Operators Royal Navy
Built1889
In commission18891920
Completed2
Lost0
General characteristics
TypeScrew Steel Sloop
Displacement1170 tons[1]
Length208 ft (63 m) [2]
Beam30 ft (9.1 m) [2]
Draught13 ft (4.0 m) [2]
Installed power2000 horsepower[3]
PropulsionSails and steam
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As built
Eight 5-inch breech-loading guns
After 1900
Eight Quick-firing guns

The Beagle class was a two-ship class of 8-gun screw steel sloops [4] built for the Royal Navy in 1889.

Design

Beagle and Basilisk were constructed of steel, and powered by both sails and a twin-screw steam engine developing 2000 horsepower.

Operational Use

In common with other designs of Royal Navy sloop of the period, the Beagle class were not intended or designed to fight a modern fleet action; they were intended to patrol Britains' extensive maritime empire, and this is how they were employed. Beagle conducted three foreign commissions between 1890 and 1900, at least two of which were on the South Atlantic Station.[1] She was refitted in 1900, during which her 5-inch breech-loading guns were replaced with quick-firing guns. Basilisk also spent all or part of her career on the South Atlantic Station. [3]

Ships

Name Ship Builder Launched Fate
HMS Beagle Portsmouth Royal Dockyard 28 February 1889 Sold 1905[4][1]
HMS Basilisk Sheerness Royal Dockyard 6 April 1889 Sold 1920[4][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "HMS Beagle at Naval Database website". Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  2. ^ a b c "HMS Basilisk at Battleships-Cruisers website". Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  3. ^ a b c "HMS Basilisk at Naval Database website". Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  4. ^ a b c "Naval Sloops at battleships-cruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 2008-08-30.