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The eleven [[Torpedo Gunboat|torpedo gunboats]] of the '''Alarm Class''' were slightly enlarged versions of the preceeding [[Sharpshooter Class Torpedo Gunboat (1888)|''Sharpshooter'' Class]]. All but three saw service in the First World War, either as minesweepers or on other duties. <div name=fredbot:ships> {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" align=center; |- ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of eleven vessels |- | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> |- ! align=center | Name ! align=center | Builder ! align=center | Laid Down ! align=center | Launched ! align=center | Completed ! align=center | Fate |- align=left | {{Template:UK-1Alarm}} |[[Sheerness Royal Dockyard|Sheerness Dockyard]] |25 June, 1891 |13 September, 1892 |March 1894 |Sold 9 April, 1907 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-1Antelope}} |[[Devonport Royal Dockyard|Devonport Dockyard]] |21 October, 1889 |12 July, 1893 |18 July, 1894 |Sold 27 May, 1919 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Circe}} |[[Sheerness Royal Dockyard|Sheerness Dockyard]] |21 January, 1890 |14 June, 1892 |11 February, 1893 |Sold 30 July, 1920 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Hebe}} |[[Sheerness Royal Dockyard|Sheerness Dockyard]] |21 January, 1890 |15 June, 1892 |9 October, 1894 |Sold 22 October, 1919 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Jaseur}} |[[Vickers|Naval Construction & Armament Co.]] |14 September, 1891 |24 September, 1892 |13 February, 1893 |Sold 11 July, 1905 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Jason}} |[[Vickers|Naval Construction & Armament Co.]] |7 September, 1891 |14 May, 1892 |11 July, 1893 |Mined 7 April, 1917 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Leda}} |[[Sheerness Royal Dockyard|Sheerness Dockyard]] |25 July, 1891 |13 September, 1892 |22 March, 1894 |Broken up 1922 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Niger}} |[[Vickers|Naval Construction & Armament Co.]] |17 September, 1891 |17 December, 1892 |25 April, 1893 |Torpedoed 11 November, 1914 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Onyx}} |[[Laird]] |8 October, 1891 |7 September, 1892 |January 1894 |Sold August 1924 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-1Renard}} |[[Laird]] |26 October, 1891 |6 December, 1892 |January 1894 |Sold 4 April, 1905 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-1Speedy}} |[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]] |4 January, 1892 |18 May, 1893 |20 February, 1894 |Mined 3 September, 1914 |} </div name=fredbot:ships> ==Construction== This class was often considered an enlarged variation on the preceding [[Sharpshooter Class Torpedo Gunboat (1888)|''Sharpshooter'' class]]. In general, it inherited the reputation of the preceding class, which was known for its problematic propulsion systems. When {{UK-1Antelope}} was being worked up in 1891, ''The Times'' referred to the entire class as "notoriously unsuccessful."{{NMI|Friday, Aug 14, 1891; pg. 8; Issue 33403}} Toward the end the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1892]], {{UK-Sharpshooter}}'s fires were extinguished and she shipped fully seventy tons of water. A similar fate had nearly befallen {{UK-Skipjack}}, and it was reported that "it is the univeral opinion amongst naval officers who have had experience of the ''Sharpshooter'' class that the vessels are unfit for active service owing to the weakness of their engines and boilers."{{NMI|Friday, Aug 19, 1892; pg. 9; Issue 33721}} {{UK-1Speedy}} was built by [[John I. Thornycroft & Company]] to an in-house design.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 307}} ==Machinery== All except {{UK-1Speedy}} used locomotive boilers, which proved "unreliable and troublesome". ''Speedy'' was built with a much more reliable Thornycroft-pattern water-tube boiler, and as a result had three funnels instead of two.{{Conways1860|p. 89}} ==Armament== As built: * Two 4.7 inch (45-pounder) quick-firing guns * Four 3-pounder guns * One Gardner machine-gun * Five 14-inch torpedo tubes and eight torpedoes ({{UK-1Alarm}}, {{UK-1Antelope}}, {{UK-Circe}}, {{UK-Hebe}}, {{UK-Leda}}, {{UK-1Renard}}) or three 18-inch torpedo tubes and three torpedoes ({{UK-Jaseur}}, {{UK-Jason}}, {{UK-Niger}}, {{UK-Onyx}}, {{UK-1Speedy}}). ==Conversions== {{UK-Onyx}} became a submarine depot ship in 1907. {{UK-1Speedy}}, {{UK-Circe}}, {{UK-Jason}}, {{UK-Leda}}, {{UK-Niger}}, and {{UK-Hebe}} were converted to minesweeprs in 1908-9, with ''Hebe'' becoming a submarine depot ship the next year.{{Conways1860|p. 89}} ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarm_Class_Torpedo_Gunboats}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{Conways1860}} *{{LyonWinfieldSteamList}} {{refend}} {{Footer Alarm Class Torpedo Gunboat (1892)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Alarm}} {{CatClassTorpedoGunboat|UK}} <!-- data nat=UK cat=TorpedoGunboat type=torpedo gunboat chain=Small Fry,Torpedo Gunboats {ship name=Alarm pend= builder=[[Sheerness Royal Dockyard|Sheerness]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}} order=[[Naval Defence Act]] laid=25 6 1891{{Conways1860|p. 89}} launch=13 9 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}} comp=3 1894{{Conways1860|p. 89}} fate=Sold fate2= fatedate=9 4 1907{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} } {ship name=Antelope pend= builder=[[Devonport Royal Dockyard|Devonport]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}} order=[[Naval Defence Act]] laid=21 10 1889{{Conways1860|p. 89}} launch=12 7 1893{{Conways1860|p. 89}} comp=18 7 1894{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} fate=Sold fatedate=27 5 1919{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} } {ship name=Circe pend= builder=[[Sheerness Royal Dockyard|Sheerness]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}} order=[[Naval Defence Act]] laid=21 1 1890{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} launch=14 6 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}} comp=11 2 1893{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} fate=Sold fatedate=30 7 1920{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} } {ship name=Hebe pend= builder=[[Sheerness Royal Dockyard|Sheerness]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}} order=[[Naval Defence Act]] laid=21 1 1890{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} launch=15 6 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}} comp=18 7 1894{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} comm=9 10 1894{{Conways1860|p. 89}} fate=Sold fatedate=22 10 1919{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} } {ship name=Jaseur pend= builder=[[Vickers|Naval Construction & Armament Co.]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}} order=[[Naval Defence Act]] laid=14 9 1891{{Conways1860|p. 89}} launch=24 9 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}} comp=13 2 1893{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} fate=Sold fatedate=11 7 1905{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} } {ship name=Jason pend= builder=[[Vickers|Naval Construction & Armament Co.]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}} order=[[Naval Defence Act]] laid=7 9 1891{{Conways1860|p. 89}} launch=14 5 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}} comp=11 7 1893{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} fate=Mined fatedate=7 4 1917{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} } {ship name=Leda pend= builder=[[Sheerness Royal Dockyard|Sheerness]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}} order=[[Naval Defence Act]] laid=25 6 1891{{Conways1860|p. 89}} launch=13 9 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}} comp=22 3 1894{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} fate=Broken up fatedate=1922{{Conways1860|p. 89}} } {ship name=Niger pend= builder=[[Vickers|Naval Construction & Armament Co.]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}} order=[[Naval Defence Act]] laid=17 9 1891{{Conways1860|p. 89}} launch=17 12 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}} comp=25 4 1893{{Conways1860|p. 89}} fate=Torpedoed fatedate=11 11 1914{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} } {ship name=Onyx pend= builder=[[Laird|Laird Brothers]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}} order=[[Naval Defence Act]] laid=8 10 1891{{Conways1860|p. 89}} launch=7 9 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}} comp=1 1894{{Conways1860|p. 89}} fate=Sold fatedate=8 1924{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} } {ship name=Renard pend= builder=[[Laird|Laird Brothers]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}} order=[[Naval Defence Act]] laid=25 6 1891{{Conways1860|p. 89}} launch=13 9 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}} comp=22 3 1894{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} fate=Sold fatedate=4 4 1905{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} } {ship name=Speedy pend= builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}} order=[[Naval Defence Act]] laid=4 1 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}} launch=18 5 1893{{Conways1860|p. 89}} comp=20 2 1894{{Conways1860|p. 89}} fate=Mined fatedate=3 9 1914{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}} } data -->

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