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Three '''''Vixen'' Class Gunboats''' were completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in the mid 1860s. An experimental, armoured design, they were unhandy and were not repeated. | Three '''''Vixen'' Class Gunboats''' were completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in the mid 1860s. An experimental, armoured design, they were unhandy and were not repeated. | ||
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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 3 vessels | |||
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|[[J. & W. Dudgeon]], Limehouse | |||
|1864 | |||
|21 Dec, 1865 | |||
|1867 | |||
|Sold 1908 | |||
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|[[Lungley]], Deptford | |||
|1864 | |||
|18 Nov, 1865 | |||
|1866 | |||
|Broken up 1896 | |||
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| {{UK-Waterwitch}} | |||
|[[Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Blackwall | |||
|1864 | |||
|28 Jun, 1866 | |||
|1867 | |||
|Sold 1890 | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:09, 9 April 2018
Three Vixen Class Gunboats were completed for the Royal Navy in the mid 1860s. An experimental, armoured design, they were unhandy and were not repeated.
| Overview of 3 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Viper | J. & W. Dudgeon, Limehouse | 1864 | 21 Dec, 1865 | 1867 | Sold 1908 |
| Vixen | Lungley, Deptford | 1864 | 18 Nov, 1865 | 1866 | Broken up 1896 |
| Waterwitch | Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Blackwall | 1864 | 28 Jun, 1866 | 1867 | Sold 1890 |
Design and Construction
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| Vixen Class Armoured Gunboat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Viper | Vixen | Waterwitch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Britomart Class | Small Fry (UK) | H.M.S. Staunch | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Britomart Class | Gunboats (UK) | H.M.S. Staunch | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
